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Locatelli, and much of that is due to the research of Andrea Busiri Vici who was considered the greatest Locatelli authority of the 20th century. He was responsible for the reintroduction of Locatelli to the present art world. This article is based on his book, Andrea Locatelli and Roman Landscape Paintings of the Eighteenth Century, published in 1976. Andrea Locatelli (he spelled it Lucatelli) was born in Rome in 1695 – the month is not known with certainty. This was stated by him at the base of a self-portrait drawing he made for Nicola Pio in 1723. He died, probably from tuberculosis, on 20 February 1741 as recorded by a contemporary artist friend Pier Leone Ghezzi.:233 Andrea was the son of Giovanni Francesco Locatelli and not Pietro Locatelli, as has been previously reported. He studied under his father until 1708 and then under Monsa Alto who specialized in marine scenery. In 1792, at age 17, he along with Paolo Anesi became students of Bernardo Fergloni, also a marine genre specialist. By 1723, at 28 years old, he was referred to by Pio as a master. He was influenced by Jan Frans van Bloemen, Giovanni Ghisolfi, Gaspard Dughet, Claude Lorain, and especially Salvator Rosa. In turn he influenced such artists as Paolo Anesi Giovanni Paolo Panini, Paolo Monaldi, and Marco Ricci.:228–230" - (en.wikipedia.org 31.10.2019)