Gaspare Traversi, ca. (1722-1770)

• Was an Italian Rococo painter.
• Active mostly in his native city of Naples.
• Gaspare appears to have been born to a Genoese merchant living in Naples.
• He trained under Francesco Solimena.
• Although he had no pupils, his influence was significant, and can be seen in the works of Lorenzo de Caro, Giuseppe Bonito and Orazio Solimena.
• Traversi was a focus of a monograph by Roberto Longhi.
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