GIOVANNI CANTI (Parma, 1653 - Mantua, 1716) After the battle Oil on canvas cm 82x108 Written communication by Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri dated February 14, 2002 [...] "This painting is a precious testimony to deepen the knowledge of a" battalist ", Giovanni Canti (Parma 1653 Mantua 1716), only partially highlighted by the critics; but who in the light of this new significant acquisition to his catalog, acquires a clearer and more valid focus. In fact, in this canvas, of loose formal definition with an elegant realization of the bodies in the foreground, for which mannerist ascendants emerge, and from the clear chromatic and pasty stratification of the mate