- Fra Galgario
Frá Galgario, whose birthname was Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi, and also called "Fra Vittore del Galgario" (1655-1743) was an Italian painter, mainly active in
Bergamo as a portraitist during theRococo or late-Baroque period.He was born in Bergamo to an artist father. Initially entered the studio of
Giacomo Cotta , thenBartolomeo Bianchi , and finally the studio ofSebastiano Bombelli inVenice of the 1690s. He also reported trained with the german portrait artistSalomon Adler inMilan .In 1702, he entered the religious life in the Order of the Minims of the
Monastery of Galgario , in Bergamo. He assumed the name of the saint for whom the monastery is named. He was elected a member of the MilaneseAccademia Clementina in 1717.He is said to blend the attention to colorism and glamour that captivates Renaissance-Baroque portraiture of Venice, with the realism of Milanese art such as that of Moroni.
Examples of Portraits
* [http://www.wga.hu/html/g/ghisland/suardo.html "Giovanni Secco Suardo and Servant"]
* [http://www.wga.hu/html/g/ghisland/vailetti.html "Count Giovanni Battista Vailetti"]
* [http://www.wga.hu/html/g/ghisland/portgent.html "Gentleman"]
* [http://www.australianart.gov.au/TheItalians/Detail.cfm?IRN=161314&ViewID=2 "Young boy with apples"]References
*cite book | first= Rudolf|last= Wittkower| year=1993| title= Pelican History of Art| chapter= Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750| editor= | others=1980 | pages=p493 | publisher= Penguin Books Ltd| id= | url= | authorlink=
* [http://www.europeanpaintings.com/italian/ghislan.htm short bio]
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