Ranieri Del Pace (Pisa, May 7, 1681 – February 27, 1738), also called Giovanni Batista Ranieri Del Pace, was an Italian painter of the late

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period, active mainly in Tuscany. He trained under

Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani (1660–1731) was an Italian painter of the Baroque era. Biography A native of Florence, he was, according to Lanzi, a pupil of Antonio Giusti, but became a follower of the style of Carlo Cignani.Mannerism Mannerism, which may also be known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, ...

. He painted a ''St Thomas Acquinas in Glory'' (c. 1711) for the Oratory of St Thomas Aquinas in Florence. Among other projects were the four stations, elements, and stories of Adonis for the

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. He also worked in the church of

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(1709) and Ognissanti (1721). He helped design celebratory floats to celebrated the canonization of Pope Pius V. he also painted frescoes of the stories of St Pius the Palazzo Vescovile in

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, a ''Martrydom of St Sebastian'' for the church of Santissima Annunziata in

Capannoli Capannoli is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence and about southeast of Pisa. Capannoli borders the following municipalities: Casciana Terme Lari, Palaia, Pecci ...

, a ''Presentation of Jesus at the temple'' for the church of San Filippo Neri in

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, and for the church of Santi Andrea e Lucia a Ripoli, Cascina. A painting of a ''Ragazza che si spulcia'' is found in the Pinacoteca Comunale of Ravenna.

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*Italian Wikipedia entry * 1681 births 1738 deaths People from Pisa 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Tuscany Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub