Giovanni Maria Galli (1625–1665), called Giovanni Maria da Bibiena, was an Italian painter, born at
Bibiena in 1625. He studied under
Albani, and his productions have often been mistaken for those of his master. He died in 1665. Of his larger works in the churches at Bologna the following are the most esteemed: ''The Ascension,'' in the
Certosa; ''St. Anne,'' in
Santa Maria della Carità; ''St. Andrew,'' in San Biagio; and ''St. Francis of Sales,'' at the
Padri Servi. This artist was the
founder of a family of whom no fewer than nine are known to fame, all of whom bore the surname of Bibiena.
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1625 births
1665 deaths
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Italian Baroque painters
People from the Province of Arezzo
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