Giovanni Gaetano Bottari

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Giovanni Gaetano Bottari
Giovanni Gaetano Bottari, medal by Giovanni Zanobi Weber
Born(1689-01-15)January 15, 1689
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died5 June 1775(1775-06-05) (aged 86)
Rome, Papal States
OccupationsCatholic priest, art historian, classicist
Known forRaccolta di lettere sulla pittura, scultura e architettura, Rome, 1757–68
Parent(s)Antonio Bottari and Anna Bottari (née Morelli)
Academic work
DisciplineHistory of art
InstitutionsSapienza University of Rome

Giovanni Gaetano Bottari (15 January 1689 – 5 June 1775) was an Italian scholar and theologian. He was advisor to Cardinal Neri Maria Corsini, Vatican librarian and counsellor to Pope Clement XII. His special interests were the literature of Tuscany during the 14th and 15th centuries, medieval and contemporary art, sacred archaeology and ecclesiastical history.

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