Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri (painter)

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Susanna and the Elders by Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri

Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri (* 1589 in Fossombrone , † September 3, 1657 in Pesaro ) was an Italian painter.

Life

His father Ludovico Guerrieri was a doctor of law and from 1587 to 1617 a notary and Podestà of Mombaroccio , his mother was Vittoria Draghi. In Pesaro, where he said he was staying in 1605, he got to know the works of Giovanni Giacomo Pandolfi and Federico Zuccari . In the same year he moved to Rome, where he was in the service of the Borgia from 1610 to 1618 . His first signed and dated work is from 1611, a depiction of St. Mary Magdalene as a penitent . Until his death he created a large number of paintings depicting biblical and religious subjects for many churches in the Marche .

He was buried in the Church of San Domenico in Pesaro.

Works (selection)

  • Maria Magdalena as penitent (Fano, Fondazione Cassa di risparmio, from the Cappellani-Pace collection in Fossombrone), 1611.
  • San Pietro in Carcere (Urbino, Galleria Nazionale delle Marche), between 1611 and 1620, 128 × 171 cm, oil on canvas.
  • Susanna and the Elders (auctioned at Sotheby's in New York in 2013, Sale N08952), between 1615 and 1620, 120 × 178 cm, oil on canvas.
  • Saint Agnese (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi), exhibited in Osimo in 2016, around 1640.

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personal data
SURNAME Guerrieri, Giovanni Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1589
PLACE OF BIRTH Fossombrone
DATE OF DEATH September 3, 1657
Place of death Pesaro