The Roman Training and the Return to Lucca In the bustling streets of Rome, a young man named Giovanni Marracci sought to refine his hand under the watchful eye of Pietro da Cortona. This period of study in the shadow of the great Baroque masters shaped the way he would eventually approach light and form. Once his training was complete, he did not remain in the capital but returned to his home region of Lucca, where his brush would fin…