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1606 Bologna, Italy - 1680 Rome, Italy. Known for: History, portrait and landscape paintings, pen and ink drawing, architecture.
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (1606 - November 28, 1680) was an Italian architect and painter, named Il Bolognese from the place of his birth. Grimaldi was a relative of the Carracci family, under whom... Read full biography
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (1606 - November 28, 1680) was an Italian architect and painter, named Il Bolognese from the place of his birth. Grimaldi was a relative of the Carracci family, under whom it is presumed he first apprenticed. He was afterwards a pupil of Cardinal Francesco Albani. He... Read full biography
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (1606 - November 28, 1680) was an Italian architect and painter, named Il Bolognese from the place of his birth. Grimaldi was a relative of the Carracci family, under whom it is presumed he first apprenticed. He was afterwards a pupil of Cardinal Francesco Albani. He went to Rome, and was appointed architect to Pope Paul V and also patronized by succeeding popes. Towards 1648 he was invited to France by Cardinal Mazarin, and for about two years was employed in... Read full biography
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (1606 - November 28, 1680) was an Italian architect and painter, named Il Bolognese from the place of his birth. Grimaldi was a relative of the Carracci family, under whom it is presumed he first apprenticed. He was afterwards a pupil of Cardinal Francesco Albani. He went to Rome, and was appointed architect to Pope Paul V and also patronized by succeeding popes. Towards 1648 he was invited to France by Cardinal Mazarin, and for about two years was employed in buildings for that minister and for Louis XIV, and in fresco-painting in the Louvre. His colour was strong, somewhat excessive in the use of green; his touch light. He painted history, portraits and landscapes—the, last with predilection, especially in his... Read full biography
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (1606 - November 28, 1680) was an Italian architect and painter, named Il Bolognese from the place of his birth. Grimaldi was a relative of the Carracci family, under whom it is presumed he first apprenticed. He was afterwards a pupil of Cardinal Francesco Albani. He went to Rome, and was appointed architect to Pope Paul V and also patronized by succeeding popes. Towards 1648 he was invited to France by Cardinal Mazarin, and for about two years was employed in buildings for that minister and for Louis XIV, and in fresco-painting in the Louvre. His colour was strong, somewhat excessive in the use of green; his touch light. He painted history, portraits and landscapes—the, last with predilection, especially in his advanced years—and executed engravings and etchings from his own landscapes and from those of Titian and the Caracci. Returning to Rome,... Read full biography
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Wooded river landscape with tree and town beyond, boat on lake
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi Auction: 07/02/1991Lot: 38Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH AN ELEGANT COUPLE BOATING IN THE FOREGROUND
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi Auction: 04/22/2009Lot: 55Subscribe or get free alerts
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