Luigi Garzi
Luigi Garzi (1638–1721) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, whose work displayed heavy influences of the Bolognese painter, Guido Reni.
Biography
Born in
guild of painters, The Accademia di San Luca
, in 1670 and became a director in 1682.
He painted a Triumph of St Catherine & Saints for the church of
Chiesa delle Santissima Stimmate di San Francesco. He contributed a canvas to the Cagli Cathedral
.
In Naples, he painted the ceiling and some chapels for
Santa Caterina del Formello.[1]
He died in Rome.
References
- Elisa Debenedetti, Garzi, Luigi, in: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, vol. 59, de Gruyter, Berlin 2006, p. 496.
- Farquhar, Maria (1855). Ralph Nicholson Wornum (ed.). Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. London: Woodfall & Kinder. p. 70.
- [1] Getty Museum biography]
- Lione, Pascoli (1736). Vite de pittori, scultori, ed architetti moderni. Antonio de' Rossi, Strada del Seminario Romano, Rome. pp. 235–245.
- ^ Pascoli. L. page 238
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