Sketch for "The Four Prophets of Israel" (for Il Gesù, Rome)
John L. Severance Fund
Catalogue
- Year
- 1670
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Artist
- Giovanni Battista Gaulli
Artist
Painting
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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- Giovanni Battista Gaulli
- Year
- 1670
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1670-011598
Source
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Source
- cleveland
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified