Giovanni Lanfranco

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Giovanni Lanfranco was a prominent early Baroque Italian painter known for his dramatic use of light, dynamic compositions, and influential frescoes in major churches across Italy.

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Giovanni Lanfranco canonical 8

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instanceOf Baroque painter
Italian painter
fresco painter
human
birthDate 1582-01-26
birthPlace Duchy of Parma
Parma
countryOfCitizenship Italy
deathDate 1647-11-30
deathPlace Rome
decorated Certosa di San Martino (Naples)
Gesù Nuovo (Naples)
San Carlo ai Catinari (Rome)
San Paolo fuori le Mura (Rome)
Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome
surface form: Sant’Andrea della Valle (Rome)
employer House of Farnese
Papal court in Rome
surface form: papal court in Rome
fieldOfWork ceiling decoration
fresco painting
genre history painting
religious painting
influenced Pietro da Cortona
Roman Baroque painters
influencedBy Annibale Carracci
Caravaggio
Correggio
knownFor dramatic use of light and shadow
dynamic compositions
illusionistic ceiling frescoes
movement Baroque
nativeLanguage Italian
notableWork Assumption of the Virgin (cupola fresco, Sant’Andrea della Valle)
Council of the Gods (Casino Ludovisi, Rome)
Glory of Saint Charles Borromeo (San Carlo ai Catinari)
Inspiration of Saint Luke (San Paolo fuori le Mura, Rome)
Isaac Blessing Jacob
surface form: Isaac Blessing Jacob (Galleria Nazionale di Parma)

Mary Magdalene
surface form: Saint Mary Magdalene (various versions)
occupation painter
residence Naples
Rome
styleCharacteristic di sotto in sù ceiling perspective
rich colorism
theatrical spatial effects
trainedBy Agostino Carracci
workLocation Naples
Parma
Rome

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Naples Cathedral hasArtworkBy Giovanni Lanfranco
Correggio influenced Giovanni Lanfranco
Antonio da Correggio influenced Giovanni Lanfranco
Ciriaco Mattei patronOf Giovanni Lanfranco
Ciriaco Mattei commissionedWorkFrom Giovanni Lanfranco