Giovanni Gonnelli
Giovanni Gonnelli, also known as il Cieco da Gambassi ("The blindman from Gambassi"; April 4, 1603 – 1664) was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period, born in Tuscany. He is one of the biographies featured by Filippo Baldinucci.
He became a blind sculptor. According to Baldinucci, he had been discovered in the studio of the elder
Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand and Pope Urban VIII
. He traveled to Rome to display his work. Baldinucci recounts that one patron forced him to work in a dark room. He lived comfortably, and remained jolly. He had ten children, played guitar and sang, and engaged in various love affairs.
References
- Fitz Darby, Delphine (1957). "Ribera and the Blind Men". The Art Bulletin. 39 (3). The Art Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 3: 195โ217. JSTOR 3047713.
- Notizie de' professori del disegno... by Filippo Baldinucci and others (1681). p. 253. [1]
- it:Giovanni Gonnelli (in Italian)
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