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Giovanni Battista Gaulli (8 May 1639 – 2 April 1709), also known as Baciccio or Baciccia (Genoese nicknames for Giovanni Battista), was an Italian Baroque painter working in the High Baroque and early Rococo periods. He is best known for his grand illusionistic vault frescos in the Church of the Gesù in Rome.
Giovanni Battista Gaulli owes a great deal of his success on the ceiling fresco to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Several other artists were considered for the job of painting the ceiling. Gian Paolo Oliva relied on Bernini's opinion when selecting the artist for the ceiling.
The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: Public domain Public domain false false The author died in 1709, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer .
Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639–1709), 9 paintings : Apotheosis of St Ignatius, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome ; Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608–1651), 7 paintings : Granida and Daifilo, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
The ceiling of the apse is adorned by the painting Glory of the Mystical Lamb by Baciccia (Giovanni Battista Gaulli). [11] The most striking feature of the interior decoration is the ceiling fresco, the grandiose Triumph of the Name of Jesus (1678-1679) [12] by Giovanni Battista Gaulli. Gaulli also frescoed the cupola, including lantern and ...
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The collection contains roughly 5,500 paintings by 1,400 artists born before 1900, and over 500 named artists are French by birth. ... Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639 ...