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
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze'').
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...
in the late 17th and early 18th century.
He was strongly influenced by
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.Castelfiorentino
Castelfiorentino is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, central-northern Italy, halfway between Florence (distance 30 km), Pisa (45 km) and Siena (55 km). The population is approximate ...
, in collaboration with Sagrestani,
Ranieri del Pace
Ranieri Del Pace (Pisa, May 7, 1681 – February 27, 1738), also called Giovanni Batista Ranieri Del Pace, was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period, active mainly in Tuscany.
He trained under Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani. Lanzi descri ...
,
Niccolò Lapi
Niccolò Lapi (Florence, c. 1667–1732) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Tuscany.
He is described as a follower of Giordano,Antonio Puglieschi, and
Agostino Veracini
(Niccolò) Agostino Veracini (14 December 1689 – 18 November 1762) was an Italian painter and engraver. He was the second son of Benedetto Veracini, also a painter. Agostino was the cousin of Francesco Maria Veracini, the violinist and compos ...
. In the museum of sacred art in
Greve in Chianti
Greve in Chianti (the old name was Greve; in 1972 it was renamed Greve in Chianti after the inclusion of that area in the Chianti wine district) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy. It is lo ...
, is Moriani's ''Healing of the blind since birth''. He painted the canvases of ''Miracles of San Francesco di Paola'' for the Church of
San Francesco di Paola, Florence
San Francesco di Paola is a small Renaissance-style Roman Catholic church in the Oltrarno quarter of Florence, central Italy.
History
It was built starting from the 1580s as part of a new monastery of the Minims, known as the ''Convento del Bel ...
.
Among other Italian persons named Giuseppe Moriani is a violinist, and also a Florentine glassblower.