- Giacinto Calandrucci
Giacinto Calandrucci (1646-1707) was an Italian painter of the
Baroque period.Originally from
Palermo , he moved toRome with the fellow Palermitaan painter and engraverPietro del Pò . Like many painters in Rome in his day, then entered the large and prolific studio ofCarlo Maratta . He afterwords worked underGiuseppe Passeri .In the 1680s Calandrucci completed decorative frescoes of the "Four Seasons" in the
Palazzo Lante ; mythological frescoes in the gallery of thePalazzo Muti–Papazzurri ; the decoration of the gallery of thePalazzo Strozzi–Besso ; and a ceiling fresco, and the "Sacrifice of Ceres" in the papalVilla Falconieri atFrascati . He also painted idyllic pastoral scenes, among them two pictures atBurghley House , Stamford, England. He also painted two works for the main altar and the Cimini Chapel of Roman church ofSant'Antonio dei Portoghesi , a "Virgin and Child with St Anne and Saints" in frescoes and canvases in San Bonaventura (before 1686), a "Holy Family with St Anne" and "St Anthony of Padua", both inSan Paolino della Regola (c. 1700), and frescoes inSanta Maria dell’Orto (c. 1700–05). In 1705 he returned to Palermo, where he began the decoration of the oratory of San Lorenzo. He also painted for the church of San Salvatore, representing "Virgin, with St. Basil and other Saints". He died atPalermo . His brother Domenico and his nephew Giovanni Battista were painters of lesser renown.He left behind an abundance of drawings on topics from both historical and religious subjects to acute daily observations. [( [http://www.bildindex.de/rx/apsisa.dll/registerinhalt?sid=&cnt=&rid=2&aid=*&query=+xdbpics%3Aalle%20+r1a_name%3A'C*'%20%20+r1a_name%3A%22calandrucci,%20giacinto%22&no=1&count=50&sort=no&rid=2| Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur] ).]
References
* [http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdirect/518.htm#1| "Transfiguration" at the Cambridge Museum.]
* [http://www.artnet.com/library/01/0131/T013103.asp| Artnet Grove encyclopedia abstract]
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