Filippo Maria Galletti (1636–1714) was an Italian painter of the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

period, active mainly in

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, and

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. He was a pupil of the painter

Ciro Ferri Ciro Ferri (1634 – 13 September 1689) was an Italian Baroque sculptor and painter, the chief pupil and successor of Pietro da Cortona. He was born in Rome, where he began working under Cortona and with a team of artists in the extensive fresc ...

and

Pietro Dandini Pietro Dandini (12 April 1646 – 26 November 1712) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. Biography He is also called ''Pier Dandini''. He was the son (or nephew) and pupil of the painter Vincenzo Dandini. Pi ...

. He became a

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priest, and painted religious works in

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

(church of Santa Irene) and

Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...

(Santuario de Montenero), and the church of Santa Lucia (Parma). He entered the

order. He worked with P Caselli in Rome, painting the chapel with a fresco by Nucci in the church of

San Silvestro al Quirinale San Silvestro al Quirinale (or ''St. Sylvester on Quirinal Hill'') is a historic church in central Rome, Italy. It is located near Via XXIV Maggio corner with Via Mazzarino, a few blocks south of the Piazza del Quirinale. History The first ment ...

. He was described as a pupil of

Vincenzo Dandini Vincenzo Dandini (1607–1675) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. He was a pupil of his brother, Cesare Dandini in Florence, then he moved to Rome and worked in the studio of Pietro da Cortona. Among his pup ...

and a follower of

. In 1672, he painted for the church of Santa Cristina, belonging to the Theatines, in Parma. In 1674 he joined the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence. That same year he painted in the convent of San Bartolomeo in

Rovigo Rovigo (, ; egl, Ruig) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of Northeast Italy, the capital of the eponymous province. Geography Rovigo stands on the low ground known as Polesine, by rail southwest of Venice and south-southwest of P ...

. In 1678 he worked on the cupola of the church of Santi Michele and Gaetano in Florence. In 1679, he frescoed for the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Montenero near

. In 1692, he entered the convent of San Gaetano in Brescia, and completed an altarpiece of the saint for the church. In 1696, he painted again for the choir of the church of San Vincenzo Martire in Modena. in 1703, he painted an altarpiece of the ''Madonna and child with San Girolamo Minai'' for the church of San Gaggio in Florence.Encyclopedia Treccani
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 51 (1998) by Sabina Brevaglieri.

References

* *''Abecedario de P.J. Mariette: Ouvrage publié d'après les manuscrits autographes conservés autres notes inédites de cet amateur sur les arts et les artistes.'' Pierre Jean Mariette. Published 1854.J.-B. Dumoulin Original from Oxford University Digitized Jan 17, 2007. p. 279. 1636 births 1714 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Tuscany Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub