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Giacinto Gimignani (1606 – December 9, 1681) was an

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painter, active mainly in

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, during the

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period. He was also an engraver in aquaforte.

Biography

Gimignani was born in

Pistoia Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typi ...

, where his father, Alessio (1567–1651) was also a painter and former pupil of

Jacopo Ligozzi Jacopo Ligozzi (1547–1627) was an Italian painter, illustrator, designer, and miniaturist. His art can be categorized as late-Renaissance and Mannerist styles. Biography Born in Verona, he was the son of the artist Giovanni Ermano Ligozzi ...

. Gimignani had been patronized by the prominent Guido Rospigliosi, Cardinal Secretary of State, and descendant of prominent

Rospigliosi family The House of Rospigliosi is an ancient noble Italian family from Pistoia. Attested since the Middle Ages, it became wealthy through agriculture, trade and industry, reaching the apogee of its power and the high nobility status in Rome thanks to G ...

of Pistoia. By 1630 his father arranged for him to travel to Rome, where he is said to have begun training under

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, and by 1632 transferring to work under

Pietro da Cortona Pietro da Cortona (; 1 November 1596 or 159716 May 1669) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman ...

Luigi Lanzi Luigi Lanzi (14 June 1732 – 30 March 1810) was an Italian art historian and archaeologist. When he died he was buried in the church of the Santa Croce at Florence by the side of Michelangelo. Biography Born in Treia, Lanzi was educated as ...

describes that he learned design from the former, and color from the latter. In Rome, his first known work is the fresco of the ''Rest on the Flight to Egypt'' (1632), a lunette in the chapel of the

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. He competed with Camassei and

Maratta Carlo Maratta or Maratti (13 May 162515 December 1713) was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. Although he is part of the classical tradition ...

for fresco commissions, including the fresco of the ''Vision of the Cross by Constantine the Great'' in the ambulatory of the

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San Giovanni in Laterano The Archbasilica Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist in the Lateran ( it, Arcibasilica del Santissimo Salvatore e dei Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista in Laterano), also known as the Papa ...

. He completed this work under the guidance of

Andrea Sacchi Andrea Sacchi (30 November 159921 June 1661) was an Italian painter of High Baroque Classicism, active in Rome. A generation of artists who shared his style of art include the painters Nicolas Poussin and Giovanni Battista Passeri, the sculptors ...

. In 1648 he assisted Cortona in the decoration of the

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in Rome. He developed a classical style befitting the grand manner style developing in Rome. Among other works in Rome, he painted a ''San Pio'' for the church of

San Silvestro al Quirinale San Silvestro al Quirinale (or ''St. Sylvester on Quirinal Hill'') is a historic church in central Rome, Italy. It is located near Via XXIV Maggio corner with Via Mazzarino, a few blocks south of the Piazza del Quirinale. History The first ment ...

, a ''Martyrdom'' canvas for the church of Santa Maria a Campo Santo. In

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, for the Benedictine church, he painted a ''St Benedict meets

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, King of the Goths''. He joined the

Accademia di San Luca 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 1650. He married the daughter of the painter Alessandro Turchi of Verona. He spent his last years back in Tuscany. In Pistoia, are a number of paintings in the Museo Clemente Rospigliosi, including the ''Meeting of Venus and Adonis'' and ''The brothers show Joseph's bloody coat to Jacob''. The

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e Pescia Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e della Lucchesia (literally ''The Savings bank of Pistoia and Lucchesia''; known as Caripistoia, Caript or just CRPT in short) is an Italian regional bank based in Pistoia, Tuscany. The bank was a subsidiary of Banca ...

was the owner of ''Venus Awakened by Cupid'', ''Olindo e Sophronia'', ''Venus, Cupid and Time'', ''Venere e amore'', ''Olindo e Sofronia'' and ''La verità che scopre il tempo''. His son Ludovico Gimignani is also known for his fresco work in

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gimignani, Giacinto 1606 births 1681 deaths People from Pistoia 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters Fresco painters