Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi

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Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
Born1606
Bologna, Papal States
Died28 November 1680(1680-11-28) (aged 73–74)
Rome, Papal States
EducationLudovico Carracci, Francesco Albani
Known forPainting
Children1 son

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (1606 – 28 November 1680) was an Italian painter, draughtsman, printmaker and architect.[1] He was an accomplished fresco painter of classical landscapes which were popular with leading Roman families.[2]

Life

Grimaldi was born in

Louis XIV, and in fresco-painting in the Louvre.[1]

Flight Into Egypt

His colour was strong, somewhat excessive in the use of green; his touch light. He painted history, portraits and landscapes—the, last with predilection, especially in his advanced years—and executed engravings and etchings from his own landscapes and from those of Titian and the Caracci. Returning to Rome, he was made principe (director) of the Accademia di San Luca; and he died in Rome, having established a reputation for artistic skill and charitable actions.[1]

Classical landscape

His son Alessandro assisted him both in painting and in engraving. Paintings by Grimaldi are preserved in the

Palazzo del Quirinale and in the Apostolic Palace, and in the church of San Martino ai Monti; there is also a series of his landscapes in the Palazzo Colonna.[1] His mistress was Elena Aloisi, daughter of the painter Baldassare Aloisi.[3]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 598.
  2. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T034931(subscription or UK public library membership
    required)
  3. JSTOR 3050865
    .

Sources

  • Chapman, Isabella Lodi-Fe (June 2014), "Etchings by Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi", Print Quarterly, vol. XXXI, pp. 234–237

External links
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