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1613 Milan, Italy - 1683 Roma. Known for: Landscape painting.
Giovanni Ghisolfi was born in Milan, the son of Giuseppe Ghisolfi, an architect from Piacenza. He studied with Girolamo Ghignolo and learned architectural painting from his uncle, Paolo Antonio... Read full biography
Giovanni Ghisolfi was born in Milan, the son of Giuseppe Ghisolfi, an architect from Piacenza. He studied with Girolamo Ghignolo and learned architectural painting from his uncle, Paolo Antonio Volpini. In 1650 he traveled to Rome, where he befriended Salvator Rosa, but was called away to Lombardy... Read full biography
Giovanni Ghisolfi was born in Milan, the son of Giuseppe Ghisolfi, an architect from Piacenza. He studied with Girolamo Ghignolo and learned architectural painting from his uncle, Paolo Antonio Volpini. In 1650 he traveled to Rome, where he befriended Salvator Rosa, but was called away to Lombardy nine years later. He then produced fresco cycles at the Certosa di Pavia (1661) and Vicenza (1664), Milan and finally Varese (1660s, 1680). In 1664, he is again recorded in Rome. On Ghisolfi, see the... Read full biography
Giovanni Ghisolfi was born in Milan, the son of Giuseppe Ghisolfi, an architect from Piacenza. He studied with Girolamo Ghignolo and learned architectural painting from his uncle, Paolo Antonio Volpini. In 1650 he traveled to Rome, where he befriended Salvator Rosa, but was called away to Lombardy nine years later. He then produced fresco cycles at the Certosa di Pavia (1661) and Vicenza (1664), Milan and finally Varese (1660s, 1680). In 1664, he is again recorded in Rome. On Ghisolfi, see the following monograph, which includes a catalogue of roughly 100 paintings: A. Busiri Vici, Giovanni Ghisolfi (1623-1683), un pittore milanese di rovine romane (ed. by F. Cosmelli), Rome, 1992. The present pair is notable for its massive Roman temple... Read full biography
Giovanni Ghisolfi was born in Milan, the son of Giuseppe Ghisolfi, an architect from Piacenza. He studied with Girolamo Ghignolo and learned architectural painting from his uncle, Paolo Antonio Volpini. In 1650 he traveled to Rome, where he befriended Salvator Rosa, but was called away to Lombardy nine years later. He then produced fresco cycles at the Certosa di Pavia (1661) and Vicenza (1664), Milan and finally Varese (1660s, 1680). In 1664, he is again recorded in Rome. On Ghisolfi, see the following monograph, which includes a catalogue of roughly 100 paintings: A. Busiri Vici, Giovanni Ghisolfi (1623-1683), un pittore milanese di rovine romane (ed. by F. Cosmelli), Rome, 1992. The present pair is notable for its massive Roman temple architecture, which, in their tonalities and scale, recalls the ruin paintings of Viviano Codaz... Read full biography
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Giovanni Ghisolfi was born in Milan, the son of Giuseppe Ghisolfi, an architect from Piacenza. He studied with Girolamo Ghignolo and learned architectural painting from his uncle, Paolo Antonio Volpini. In 1650 he traveled to Rome, where he befriended Salvator Rosa, but was called away to Lombardy nine years later. He then produced fresco cycles at the Certosa di Pavia (1661) and Vicenza (1664), Milan and finally Varese (1660s, 1680). In 1664, he is again recorded in Rome. On Ghisolfi, see the following monograph, which includes a catalogue of roughly 100 paintings: A. Busiri Vici, Giovanni Ghisolfi (1623-1683), un pittore milanese di rovine romane (ed. by F. Cosmelli), Rome, 1992.
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