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Artists›Giovanni Battista Gaulli

Giovanni Battista Gaulli

Republic of Genoa, 1639–1709

Rome

PaintingBaroqueRococo

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• Baroque
• Rococo

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Giovanni Battista Gaulli, also known as Baciccio or Baciccia, was an Italian Baroque painter 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. His work was influenced by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Artworks (13)

Christ Giving the Host to a Holy Abbess

1690 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash. Squared in black chalk

15-11/16 x 9-3/16 in. (39.9 x 23.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allegorical Figure of Faith

1672 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over a little black chalk, on brownish paper

9-1/8 x 6-7/16 in. (23.1 x 16.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sketch for "The Four Prophets of Israel" (for Il Gesù, Rome)

1670 · oil on canvas

Framed: 81.3 x 68 x 9 cm (32 x 26 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 67.3 x 55 cm (26 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pope Clement X (1590–1676)

1670 · Oil on canvas

30 1/2 × 24 1/4 in. (77.5 × 61.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Detail Study for The Assumption of St. Agnes

1670 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk, on tan laid paper

26 × 39.1 cm (10 1/4 × 15 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Woman

1670 · Oil on canvas

29 7/8 × 23 3/8 in. (75.9 × 59.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Flora

1660 · Pen and iron gall ink, with brush and blue wash, on gray brown laid paper

35.7 × 19.3 cm (14 1/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Franciscan Saint Holding Crucifix

1659 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, and red chalk and red chalk wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove board

18.5 × 14 cm (7 5/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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