Paolo Gismondi (known also as Paolo Perugino) (1612 in
Perugia
Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia.
The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and pa ...
– 1685) was an Italian painter of the
Baroque period.
He was a pupil of
Giovanni Antonio Scaramuccia in Perugia, then of
Pietro da Cortona in Rome. Under commission by Cardinal Barberini, he frescoed the church of
Santa Agata ai Monti in Rome. He also painted for the sacristy of
Sant'Agnese in Agone
Sant'Agnese in Agone (also called Sant'Agnese in Piazza Navona) is a 17th-century Baroque church in Rome, Italy. It faces onto the Piazza Navona, one of the main urban spaces in the historic centre of the city and the site where the Early Christi ...
. He was admitted to the
Academy of St Luke
The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its fir ...
in 1668. Late in life he traveled to Perugia and then Naples, but died in Rome.
Vite de' pittori, scultori, ed architetti perugini scritte, e dedicate alle ...
by Lione Pascoli, page 202-204.
References
1612 births
1685 deaths
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Italian Baroque painters
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