Giovanni Battista Michelini (also called ''il Folignate'') (1604–1655) 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

Foligno Foligno (; Southern Umbrian: ''Fuligno'') is an ancient town of Italy in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. It is located so ...

and Rome. He was born in

, but became a pupil of

Guido Reni Guido Reni (; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious ...

. He painted mainly religious and mythological subjects.

Known works

*''Hall of Cupid'', ''Hall of Apollo'': two frescoed rooms in the Palazzo Pierantoni in Foligno *''The Foundation of Foligno: frescoed ceiling in the Palazzo De Comitibus, Foligno *an ensemble of large allegorical frescoes, in the church of S. Filippo,

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*''Madonna and Child with St. Elysius'' (oil on canvas): Foligno, church of San Giovanni Decollato *''Holy Family'', ''St. Catherine'', and an ''Immaculate Conception'': all three works in Foligno, monastery of Santa Caterina *''Madonna and child with saints'' (oil on canvas): church of San Francesco della Pace, Gubbio *''Scenes from the life of San Filippo Benizi'' (damaged frescoes in the lower arcade of the cloister of the

Church of San Giacomo (Foligno) San Giacomo is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located at the ''Piazza San Giacomo'', Foligno, Italy. History The site on which the church was built in 1402 was originally the site of an old hospice, dedicated to St. James, as attested in a ...

1604 births 1655 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Umbrian painters Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub