- Michelangelo Palloni
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Michelangelo Palloni (1637[1]—1712) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, who worked in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1674 onward.
Palloni was born at Campi Bisenzio, Florence. In 1688, he became a court painter of the Polish king Jan III Sobieski[2]. He was a pupil of Baldassare Franceschini (Il Volterrano)[3]
Works
Frescoes and paintings in:
- Pažaislis monastery in Kaunas, Lithuania
- Krasiński Palace, Warsaw, Poland
- The Open and Closed Galleries of Wilanów Palace (1688), Warsaw, Poland
- The Chapel of St. Casimir in Vilnius Cathedral (1692), Lithuania
- Sapieha Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania
- Churches in Łowicz (1695) and in Węgrów (1706–1708), Poland
References
- ^ Hobbes, James R. (1849). Picture collector's manual adapted to the professional man, and the amateur. T&W Boone, 29 Bond Street; Digitized by Googlebooks. p. 92. http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:picture+intitle:collector's.
- ^ (English) "Michelangelo Palloni". wilanow-palac.art.pl. http://www.wilanow-palac.pl/michelangelo_palloni.html. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ Hobbes, JR. p92.
Categories:- 1637 births
- 1712 deaths
- 17th-century Italian people
- 18th-century Italian people
- Italian Baroque painters
- Italian painters
- Italian expatriates
- Court painters of Polish Kings
- Italian expatriates in Poland
- Italian painter, 17th century birth stubs
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