or Bezarius (Ambrogio), a painter of considerable eminence, was born at Milan in 1648. He worked some time under Gioseffo Dandici, called Montalti: he afterwards went to Rome, where he studied from the antiques and the pictures of the greatest masters; and at last perfected himself in the school of Ciro Ferri. His great excellency consisted in painting architecture, friezes, imitations of bas-relieves, and other