Giovanni Battista Gaulli

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Il Baciccia: Self-Portrait , ca.1668 (Corridoio de Vasari, Uffizi Gallery , Florence)

Giovanni Battista Gaulli (born May 8, 1639 in Genoa , † April 2, 1709 in Rome ), also called ( Il ) Baciccio or Baciccia , was an Italian baroque painter . He is particularly known as a fresco and portrait painter and worked mainly in Rome.

Life

Giovanni Battista Gaulli lost his parents in 1657 due to a plague epidemic . He was a student of Luciano Borzone in Genoa. Around 1653 he moved to Rome, where he became a close friend of the famous painter and sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini . This brokered numerous commissions for him in Rome .

In 1662 he was admitted to the Accademia di San Luca and in 1674 became President ( Principe ) of this art academy.

Artistically he was initially inspired by, among others, Peter Paul Rubens and Anthonis van Dyck , as well as Pietro da Cortona .

Trionfo del Nome di Gesù ( Il Gesù , Rome)

His most famous work are the monumental ceiling frescos in the church Il Gesù (1668–1683) in Rome, in which he succeeded in depicting an overwhelming heavenly light. In other works, too, he tends towards bright colors, loveliness and z. T. spectacular light effects. His portraits are characterized by great liveliness and often capture the person portrayed seemingly effortlessly and with lovable humor in a moment of spontaneity.

Works

(Selection)

Frescoes

Portraits

Others

  • Wedding at Cana (no year)
  • John the Baptist in the Desert (around 1671, S. Nicola da Talentino)
  • John the Baptist (around 1676, oil on canvas, 184 × 119 cm, Manchester Art Gallery)
  • Adoration of the Lamb (1683)
  • Il Baciccia: paintings

  • Study on Justice, Peace and Truth in the Church of Sant'Agnese in Agone , Rome, approx. 1666–1672, oil on canvas. (Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas)

  • Baciccia: The dying S. Francesco Xavier in Sancian, oil on canvas 296 × 197 cm. (Ascoli Piceno, Church of the Augustinians, San Venanzio)

  • Saint Joseph and the Baby Jesus (Norton Simon Museum)

  • Santa Francesca Romana distributes alms , 1675 (Getty museum, Los Angeles)

  • Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac , ca.1700 (High Museum of Art)

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SURNAME Gaulli, Giovanni Battista
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baciccio; Il Baciccio; Baciccia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Baroque painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1639
PLACE OF BIRTH Genoa
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1709
Place of death Rome