Giovanni Battista Gaulli

Giovanni Battista Gaulli
Self-portrait, c. 1667
Born
Giovanni Battista Gaulli

(1639-05-08)8 May 1639
Died2 April 1709(1709-04-02) (aged 69)
NationalityItalian
Known forPainting
MovementBaroque

Giovanni Battista Gaulli (8 May 1639 – 2 April 1709), also known as Baciccio or Baciccia (Genoese nicknames for Giovanni Battista), 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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