Giampietro Zanotti (1674–1765) was an Italian painter and art historian of the late-
Baroque or
Rococo period.
He studied painting in
Bologna with
Lorenzo Pasinelli. In the first decade of the 18th century, he became one of the founding members of the artists' academy in Bologna
[1], known as the
Accademia Clementina. Among his writings was a guide to young painters: Avvertimenti per l'incamminamento di un giovane alla pittura. He also wrote a biography about the painter and friend
Giovanni Gioseffo Dal Sole[2]. Giampietro's brother,
Francesco Maria Zanotti, was a philosopher in Bologna. His son
Eustachio Zanotti was a noted astronomer and mathematician (1709–1782). Among his pupils was
Ercole Lelli, best known for his anatomic studies in wax.