- Giacinto Gimignani
Giacinto Gimignani (1606 – 1681) was an Italian painter, active mainly in
Rome , during theBaroque period.Gimignani was born in
Pistoia , where his father, Alessio (1567-1651) was also a painter and former pupil ofJacopo Ligozzi [http://www.artnet.com/library/03/0323/T032318.asp] . In Pistoia, are a number of paintings in theMuseo Rospigliosi , including the "Meeting of Venus and Adonis" and "The brothers show Joseph's bloody coat to Jacob" [http://www.comune.pistoia.it/musei/museodiocesano.htm] . Gimignani had been patronized by the prominentGuido Rospigliosi , Cardinal Secretary of State, and descendant of a prominent family of Pistoia. By 1630 he travels to Rome, and by 1632 he was working forPietro da Cortona . His first known work is the fresco of the "Rest on the Flight to Egypt" (1632), a lunette in the chapel of thePalazzo Barberini .He also painted the fresco of the "Vision of Constantine" in the ambulatory of the baptistery of
San Giovanni in Laterano under the guidance ofAndrea Sacchi . In 1648 he assisted Cortona in the decoration of thePalazzo Pamphili in Rome. He developed a classical style befitting the grand manner style developing in Rome. He was also an etcher. His sonLudovico Gimignani is also known for his work inRome .External links
* [http://www.wga.hu/bio/g/gimignan/biograph.html Web Gallery of Art Biography]
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