early life and training giuseppe vittore ghislandi, also known as fra' vittore del galgario, was an italian painter born in bergamo in 1655. he was the son of an artist, domenico ghislandi, and initially trained under giacomo cotta, then bartolomeo bianchi, and finally sebastiano bombelli in venice in the 1690s. artistic style and influences fra galgario's portraits blend the attention to colorism and glamour of renaissance-baroque portraiture of venice with the realism of milanese art, as seen in the works of moroni. his style is characterized by realism, attention to detail, and a sense of…