Giovanni Monevi or Monevo (May 19, 1637 December 15, 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. The name Giovanni Moneri is used by a number of authors, but may reflect a misspelling.

Biography

He was born in Visone, near Acqui, in the

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. He was sent by his parents to Rome, to study under

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Viterbo, 1610Baldinucci claims the date is May 14, 1617.– Viterbo, 1662) was a major Italian people, Italian painter of the Baroque period, celebrated for his use of bright, vivid colors and also for his clarity ...

. He also studied in Turin. He returned in 1657 to paint an ''Assumption of the Virgin'' for the Cathedral of Acqui. In a chapel, he painted a scene of Paradise. He also painted scenes of the ''Life of St Francis'' in the cloister of church of San Francesco. He painted an ''Annuciation'' for the church in Terme Reali. He painted the main altarpiece ''Presentation of Mary at the Temple'' for the church of the Capuchins in Acqui Termi. A ''Last Supper'' is painted in the refectory of the Osservanti in

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. He also painted in the cloister of San Bernardino in Moncalvo. His sons Giovanni Battista and Francesco were also a painter as well as a priest. The former, parish priest of Visone between 1690 and 1723, painted a ''San Rocco'' for a church in Acqui. The latter traveled to Rome to study, but died young.Guglielmo della Valle, page 35.

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