He was born in the village of
Marone on the shores of
Lake Iseo, near Brescia. He was a pupil of the painters
Ottavio Amigoni and
Angelo Everardi, and then of
Giovanni Battista Discepoli. Ghitti contributed to the extensive fresco series in the Brescian church of
Santo Corpo di Cristo (or
del Corpus Domini, now called
Santo Cristo). He painted two altarpieces, the
Last Supper (1681, 2nd chapel to left) and
Glory of St. Carlo Borromeo with the saints Stephen Martyr, Francis of Assisi, Anthony of Padua, & Rocco (1668, 2nd chapel right) for the parochial church of Santa Maria Assunta in
Ghedi. He painted the main altarpiece with a
St. Carlo Borromeo praying to Virgin with insertion of an image of the Trinity by
Pietro Scalvini for the brothers of the
:it:Confraternita della Santissima Trinità dei pellegrini's church in Brescia. The Confraternity's church, the
Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, is now a theatre, called the Teatro San Carlino. In the castle overlooking the town of
Cazzago San Martino, in the
salone delle adunanze, the decoration includes landscapes by the painter Sorisene with figures by Pompeo Ghitti (1669). The counterfacade of the Brescian church of S. Maria in Calchera is painted by Ghitti, and depicts a miracle of
Bernardino da Feltre. Ghitti also painted frescoes in the Church of Santa in
Gardone Val Trompia (). Among his pupils were
Pietro Avogadro and
Giovanni Antonio Capello. ==References==