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Gaulli was born in Genoa, where his parents died from the plague of 1654.He initially apprenticed with Luciano Borzone. [1] In the mid-17th century, Gaulli's Genoa was a cosmopolitan Italian artistic center open to both commercial and artistic enterprises from north European countries, including countries with non-Catholic populations such as England and the Dutch provinces.
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.
Giovanni Battista Carlone (1603–1684) Giovanni Bernardo Carlone (1590–1630) Domenico Carnovale (fl. 1564) Carpaccio (c. 1460–c. 1525) Domenico Carpinoni (1566–1658) Rosalba Carriera (1675–1757) Felice Casorati (1883–1963) Stefano Cassiani (1636–1714) Andrea del Castagno (1421–1457) Leonardo Castellani (1896–1984) Guglielmo ...
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 ...
Giovanni Battista was a common Italian given name (see Battista for those with the surname) in the 16th-18th centuries. It refers to "John the Baptist" in English, the French equivalent is "Jean-Baptiste". Common nicknames include Giambattista, Gianbattista, Giovambattista, or Giambo.
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609–1664) Giovanni Battista Monti (1657) Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639–1709) Giovanni Battista Carlone (1653–1655) Alessandro Magnasco (1667–1749) Domenico Fiasella (1589–1669) Luca Cambiaso (1527–1585) Pierre Puget (1622–1694) Valerio Castello (1624–1659) Giovanni Andrea De Ferrari (1598–1669)
From 1676 to 1679 Giovanni Battista Gaulli, called Baciccio, painted an Adoration of the Name of Jesus on the ceiling of the Church of the Gesù, the Jesuit headquarters in Rome. From 1691 to 1694 Andrea Pozzo painted the Entrance of Saint Ignatius into Paradise on the nave vault of Sant'Ignazio , Rome, with theatricality and emotion.