Giovanni Domenico Piastrini (1678–1740) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in

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and

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Biography

He learned first skills from his father, Francesco Maria, who had painted in the Annunziata and San Lorenzo churches of

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. But then traveled to Rome to work in the studio of

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. He painted for the Basilica of our Lady of Humility in Pistoia. He also painted altarpieces for churches in Rome (including

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) and Pisa. He died in Rome. Among his works are a canvas depicting ''

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condemning Saint Ignatius of Antioch'' (1710–1716) at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Palazzo Barberini, Rome ; a ''

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'' at

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, Greenville, South Carolina; a ''Meal of St Phillip Benizi (1723–1724)'' at the church of Santa Maria in Via, Rome; and a ''Virgin in Glory with Saints Joseph, Vittoria, and Ranieri'' for the church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Pisa.Pisa Informa Flash
article on restoration of canvas at Santa Maria del Carmine, Pisa.

References

1678 births 1740 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Painters from Tuscany 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub