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Luigi Garzi (1638 – 1721) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, whose work displayed heavy influences of the Bolognese painter, Guido Reni.

Biography

Born in Pistoia. He started learning from a poorly known landscape painter, Salomon Boccali. But at age 15, he moved to Rome, where he was one of the main pupils 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 sculpto ...

. He is also often referred to as ''Ludovico Garzi''. In 1680 Garzi was appointed Regent of the ''Congregazione dei Virtuosi al Pantheon'', the papal society of painters. Garzi joined Rome's guild of painters, 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 fi ...

, in 1670 and became a director in 1682. He painted a ''Triumph of St Catherine & Saints'' for the church of

Santa Caterina a Magnanapoli Santa Caterina a Magnanapoli is a baroque church dedicated to St. Catherine of Siena on Largo Magnanapoli on the slopes of the Quirinal Hill in Rome. History A group of Dominican Order, Dominican tertiary nuns, living in a small house in via Santa ...

in Rome. He painted a ''St Silvestro shows Constantine portraits of Saints Peter and Paul'' for

Santa Croce in Gerusalemme The Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem or Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, ( la, Basilica Sanctae Crucis in Hierusalem) is a Catholic Minor basilica and titular church in rione Esquilino, Rome, Italy. It is one of the Seven Pilgrim ...

. In the early 1680s, he contributed to the frescoes on the vault of San Carlo al Corso, where his works included an ''Allegory of Faith''. He also completed a fresco depicting the ''Glory of the Eternal Father'' (1686) for the dome of the Cybo Chapel in the church of

Santa Maria del Popolo it, Basilica Parrocchiale Santa Maria del Popolo , image = 20140803 Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo Rome 0191.jpg , caption = The church from Piazza del Popolo , coordinates = , image_size ...

. He was one of the painters who contributed to the series of paintings depicting events from classical mythology displayed in the Palazzo Buonaccorsi in

Macerata Macerata () is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy, the county seat of the province of Macerata in the Marche region. It has a population of about 41,564. History The historical city centre is on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza ...

; his contribution is a ''Venus in the Forge of Vulcan''. He also painted for

San Silvestro in Capite The Basilica of Saint Sylvester the First, also known as ( it, San Silvestro in Capite, la, Sancti Silvestri in Capite), is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and titular church in Rome dedicated to Pope Sylvester I (d. AD 335). It is located on t ...

and the

Chiesa delle Santissima Stimmate di San Francesco The Ss. Stimmate di San Francesco ("Church of the Holy Stigmata of St. Francis") is a church in central Rome, Italy, in the Rione Pigna, sited where previously there was a church called Ss. Quaranta Martiri de Calcarario. It is located on via dei ...

. He contributed a canvas to the

Cagli Cathedral Cagli Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Cagli; Basilica Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the town of Cagli, in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, region of Marche, Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. ...

In Naples, he painted the ceiling and some chapels for Santa Caterina del Formello.Pascoli. L. page 238 He died in Rome.

References

* Elisa Debenedetti, ''Garzi, Luigi'', in: ''

Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Thieme-Becker is a German biographical dictionary of artists. Thieme-Becker The dictionary was begun under the editorship of Ulrich Thieme (1865–1922) (volumes one to fifteen) and Felix Becker (1864–1928) (volumes one to four). It was complet ...

'', vol. 59, de Gruyter, Berlin 2006, p. 496. *

Getty Museum biography] *

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1638 births 1721 deaths People from Pistoia 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Painters from Rome 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub