Giacinto Brandi (1621 – 19 January 1691) was an

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painter from the Baroque era, active mainly in

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and

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. left, 250px, ''Christ in Gesthemane'', Pinacoteca Vaticana left, 250px, Dome of the church of San Carlo al Corso

Biography

Born in

, he was part of the studio of

Alessandro Algardi Alessandro Algardi (July 31, 1598 – June 10, 1654) was an Italian high- Baroque sculptor active almost exclusively in Rome, where for the latter decades of his life, he was, along with Francesco Borromini and Pietro da Cortona, one of the maj ...

, a noted sculptor who noted that Brandi was more suited to painting. He joined the studio of

Giovanni Giacomo Sementi Giovanni Giacomo Semenza (18 July 1580 – 1638) was an Italian painter of the early Baroque period. Born in Bologna and also known as ''Giacomo Sementi''. He was a pupil of the painter Denis Calvaert, then of Guido Reni Guido Reni (; 4 No ...

. He traveled to Naples from 1638, and by 1647 had returned to Rome to work under Giovanni Lanfranco, where Brandi befriended

Mattia Preti Mattia Preti (24 February 1613 – 3 January 1699) was an Italian Baroque artist who worked in Italy and Malta. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Saint John. Life Born in the small town of Taverna in Calabria, Preti was called ''Il Ca ...

. The two artists would later on, often collaborate. His works are well distributed among baroque Churches of Rome including

San Carlo al Corso Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso (usually known simply as ''San Carlo al Corso'') is a basilica church in Rome, Italy, facing onto the central part of the Via del Corso. The apse of the church faces across the street, the Mausoleum of Augustus o ...

ceiling frescoes (1670–1671),

San Silvestro in Capite The Basilica of Saint Sylvester the First, also known as ( it, San Silvestro in Capite, la, Sancti Silvestri in Capite), is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and titular church in Rome dedicated to Pope Sylvester I (d. AD 335). It is located on t ...

Sant'Andrea al Quirinale The Church of Saint Andrew on the Quirinal ( it, Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, la, S. Andreae in Quirinali) is a Roman Catholic titular church in Rome, Italy, built for the Jesuit seminary on the Quirinal Hill. The church of Sant'Andrea, an important ...

, a canvas of ''Sant'Andrea'' (1650) in

Santa Maria in Via Lata Santa Maria in Via Lata is a church on the Via del Corso (the ancient Via Lata), in Rome, Italy. It stands diagonal from the church of San Marcello al Corso. It is the Station days for Tuesday, the fifth week of lent. History The first Christi ...

, a painting of ''Martyrdom of the Forty'' (1660) for the

Chiesa delle Santissima Stimmate di San Francesco The Ss. Stimmate di San Francesco ("Church of the Holy Stigmata of St. Francis") is a church in central Rome, Italy, in the Rione Pigna, sited where previously there was a church called Ss. Quaranta Martiri de Calcarario. It is located on via dei ...

, a ''Coronation of the Virgin'' (1680) which serves as main altarpiece for the church of

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, a canvas of the ''Drunkedness of Noah'' in the

Galleria Corsini The Palazzo Corsini is a prominent late-baroque palace in Rome, erected for the Corsini family between 1730 and 1740 as an elaboration of the prior building on the site, a 15th-century villa of the Riario family, based on designs of Ferdinando Fuga ...

, an ''Assumption'' (1655) for Santa Maria in Organo in

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, a fresco from

Ovid Pūblius Ovidius Nāsō (; 20 March 43 BC – 17/18 AD), known in English as Ovid ( ), was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the th ...

's ''

Metamorphoses The ''Metamorphoses'' ( la, Metamorphōsēs, from grc, μεταμορφώσεις: "Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem from 8 CE by the Roman poet Ovid. It is considered his ''magnum opus''. The poem chronicles the history of the ...

'' (1651–1653) for

Palazzo Pamphilj :''See also Palazzo Doria Pamphilj Palazzo Pamphilj, also spelled Palazzo Pamphili, is a palace facing onto the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy. It was built between 1644 and 1650. Since 1920, the palace has housed the Brazilian Embassy in Italy. I ...

in Piazza Navona, and a ''Martyrdom of San Biagio'' for the church of

San Carlo ai Catinari San Carlo ai Catinari, also called Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari ("Saints Blaise and Charles at the Bowl-Makers") is an early-Baroque style church in Rome, Italy. It is located on Piazza Benedetto Cairoli, 117 just off the corner of Via Arenul ...

; a ''Visione del beato Giovanni di San Facondo'' (1656) and a ''Estasi della beata Rita da Cascia'' (1660) in the

Basilica di Sant'Agostino in Campo Marzio In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building gave its name ...

, ''San Rocco intercede per i malati di peste'' (1673) and ''San Rocco in gloria'' (1674) in the Chiesa di San Rocco all'Augusteo; ''Compianto sul Cristo morto'' (1675–76) in the Chiesa di Sant'Andrea al Quirinale. In 1647, he joined the

Congregazione dei Virtuosi al Pantheon The Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon is one of the Pontifical Academies under the direction of the Holy See. The complete Italian name of the academy, Pontificia Insigne Accademia di Belle Arti e Letteratura ...

in Rome and from 1651 was inducted into the

Accademia di San Luca The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its fi ...

for painters. In 1663, he frescoed the life of Saint Erasmus for the crypt of the cathedral of Gaeta. Some of his works are in Milan, Toledo, and Zaragoza. Among his pupils were

Carlo Lamparelli Carlo Lamparelli was an Italian painter, active as a portrait and historical painter, who flourished about 1680. He was born in the town of Spello. He was a pupil of Giacinto Brandi. References

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of Spello, and Alessandro Vassello.Orlandi page 51.

References

Grove encyclopedia entry on Artnet

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