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Giovanni Battista Gaulli (8 May 1639 – 2 April 1709), also known as Baciccio or Baciccia (Genoese nicknames for Giovanni Battista), was an Italian artist working in the High Baroque and early Rococo periods. He is best known for his grand illusionistic vault frescos in the Church of the Gesù in Rome, Italy.
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Giovanni Battista Gaulli (8 May 1639 – 2 April 1709), also known as Baciccio or Baciccia (Genoese nicknames for Giovanni Battista), was an Italian artist working in the High Baroque and early Rococo periods. He is best known for his grand illusionistic vault frescos in the Church of the Gesù in Rome, Italy.
- Italian
- May 8, 1639
- Genoa, Italy
- April 2, 1709
May 23, 2018 · The Italian painter Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639-1709) is known for the drama of his illusionistic ceiling paintings in fresco and the brilliance of his color harmonies in oils. Giovanni Battista Gaulli, called Baciccio, was born in Genoa and was baptized on May 10, 1639.
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Year. 1661–1679. ( 1661–1679) Type. Ceiling Fresco. Location. Il Gesù, Rome. Triumph of the Name of Jesus is a 17th-century fresco painting by Giovanni Battista Gaulli. [1] The fresco occupies the nave of the Church of the Gesù in Rome, with both fresco painting and stucco molding.
- Ceiling Fresco
- Giovanni Battista Gaulli
- 1661–1679
Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Baciccio) 1639 - 1709. Gaulli (Baciccio is a nickname for Giovanni Battista) was born in Genoa but moved to Rome in his late teens and stayed there until his death. He established good relations with the papal sculptor-architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598 - 1680) who helped him advance his career and supported him in ...
Overview. Giovanni Battista Gaulli. (1639—1709) Quick Reference. ( b Genoa, 8 May 1639; d Rome, 2 Apr. 1709). Italian painter; the name ‘Baciccio’, by which he is often known, is a dialect contraction of his forenames.
Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio) Italian. ca. 1670–71. Not on view. Gaulli was closely associated with the great sculptor Bernini, who finished his Altar of the Sacrament in Saint Peter’s for Clement X.
