- Luigi Garzi
Luigi Garzi (1638 - 1721) was an Italian painter of the
Baroque period. Born in Pistoia, and died in Rome, where he was one of the main pupils ofAndrea Sacchi . He is also often referred to as "Ludovico Garzi". In 1680 Garzi was appointed Regent of the "Congregazione dei Virtuosi al Pantheon", the papal honor society of painters. Garzi joined Rome'sguild of painters ,Accademia di San Luca in 1670 and became a director in 1682.He painted a "Triumph of St Catherine & saints" for the church of
Santa Caterina a Magnanapoli in Rome. He painted a "St. Silvestro shows Constantine portraits of Saints Peter and Paul" forSanta Croce in Gerusalemme . In the early 1680s he contributed to the frescoes on the vault ofSan Carlo al Corso , where his works included an "Allegory of Faith". He also completed a fresco depicting the "Glory of the Eternal Father" (1686) for theCybo chapel in the church ofSanta Maria del Popolo . He was one of the painters who contributed to the series of mythologic paintings to thePalazzo Buonaccorsi inMacerata with a "Venus in the Forge of Vulcan".He also painted forSan Silvestro in Capite ,Santa Caterina a Formiello , andChiesa delle Santissima Stimmate di San Francesco .References
*cite book | first= Maria|last= Farquhar| year=1855| title= Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters| editor = Ralph Nicholson Wornum | pages= page 70| publisher= Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006| id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:Wornum+intitle:principal+intitle:painters | authorlink=
* [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=383|Getty Museum biography]
* [http://www.artnet.com/library/03/0309/T030944.asp|Grove Art Encyclopedia entry]
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