Quadraturist

//ˈkwɒdɹət͡ʃəɹɪst// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who paints quadratures.

    "When the two friends were engaged in decorating the archiepiscopal palace at Ravenna, and at the courts of Parma and Modena, Mitelli alternately assisted the figurist and the quadraturist."

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"When the two friends were engaged in decorating the archiepiscopal palace at Ravenna, and at the courts of Parma and Modena, Mitelli alternately assisted the figurist and the quadraturist."

Etymology

From Italian quadraturista. Equivalent to quadrature + -ist.

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