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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 fresco is the work of Giovanni Battista Gaulli, known as Baciccia. The stucco reliefs were executed by Ercole Antonio Raggi and Leonardo Reti, following the drawings of Baciccia who wanted to effect a real continuity between painting and sculpture.
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 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
Following is a list of Italian painters (in alphabetical order) who are notable for their art. ... Baciccio (Giovan Battista Gaulli) (1639–1709) Sisto Badalocchio ...
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