Giovanni Francesco Romanelli
Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (
Italian painter of the Baroque period, celebrated for his use of bright, vivid colors and also for his clarity of detail. Many of his works are on display in the Louvre
.
Biography
Romanelli was trained in Rome in the studio of Pietro da Cortona, the leading painter of his day.
Born in
Barberini
family fell from favour and Romanelli's patronage ebbed.
He was then summoned to work in
King Louis XIV
.
Romanelli’s pupils included his son Urbano Romanelli and the painter from Visone, Giovanni Monevi.
Among his paintings are Deposition from the Cross in
Basilica of St. Peter’s (now in the Santa Maria degli Angeli), and Venus Pouring a Balm on the Wound of Aeneas, on display in the Louvre. He also painted The Israelites gathering up Manna (Louvre); The Finding of Moses (Indianapolis Museum of Art); and a "Sibilla" in the Museo di Capodimonte
of Naples.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Giovanni Francesco Romanelli.
- ^ Baldinucci claims the date is May 14, 1617.
- Farquhar, Maria (1855). Ralph Nicholson Wornum (ed.). Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. London: Woodfall & Kinder. pp. 147–148.
- Artnet biography
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