Joseph, a celebrated Italian painter, was the disciple of Carlo Maratti; and adorned the churches and palaces of Rome with a great number of fine paintings. He died of an apoplexy in 1727, aged 73.

a town of Italy, in the province of Brescia, and territory of Venice, 7 miles west of Brescia, and 27 east of Milan. Here the Imperialists gained a victory over the French in 1751. E. Long. 18. 18. N. Lat. 45. 30.