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Baciccio
(8th May, 1639 - 2nd Apr, 1709)
Copie du plafond du Gesù, à Rome
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Mathieu Rabeau
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
drapery
figure study
ceiling
group
angel
motif décoratif
copy (reproduction)
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About the artwork
Title:
Copie du plafond du Gesù, à Rome
Periods:
17th century
modern age
18th century
XVIIth century
XVIIIth century
Techniques:
beige paper
pen (drawing)
wash with brown
brown ink
white highlights
Dimensions:
428 x 305
Inventory number:
RF5908-recto
Detail:
Réalisé entre 1675 et 1679, le décor de la nef du Gesù résulte de la rencontre de trois talents : l'érudit père jésuite Giovanni Paolo Oliva, Gian Lorenzo Bernini et Gaulli. Cette copie témoigne du succès du décor, « l'une de plus belles et somptueuses merveilles de Rome »
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Baciccio
Also known as:
Giovanni Battista Gaulli
Born:
8th May, 1639
Dead:
2nd Apr, 1709
Country:
Italie
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
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. His work was influenced by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
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