Giovanni Battista Marmi
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Giovanni Battista Marmi was an Italian
painter of the Baroque
period. He initially apprenticed with Vincenzo Dandini
, then Livio Mehus
, then moved to Rome to become a pupil of the painter Ciro Ferri
and Giovanni Maria Morandi
.
Italy
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painter of the Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period. He initially apprenticed with Vincenzo Dandini
Vincenzo Dandini
Vincenzo Dandini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. He was a pupil of his brother, Cesare Dandini in Florence, then he moved to Rome and worked in the studio of Pietro da Cortona. Among his pupils were Giovanni Battista Marmi and Antonio Domenico Gabbiani...
, then Livio Mehus
Livio Mehus
Livio Mehus was an Flemish painter and engraver of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. Born in Oudenaarde in Flanders. After an obscure training in Milan with a battle-painter, he traveled at the age of 15 years to Rome, he found a powerful patron in Prince Matthias of Tuscany...
, then moved to Rome to become a pupil of the painter Ciro Ferri
Ciro Ferri
Ciro Ferri was an Italian Baroque sculptor and painter, the chief pupil and successor of Pietro da Cortona.He was born in Rome, where he began working under Cortona and with a team of artists in the extensive fresco decorations of the Quirinal Palace...
and Giovanni Maria Morandi
Giovanni Maria Morandi
Giovanni Maria Morandi was an Italian painter, mainly active in Rome and his natal city of Florence, but also Venice.In Rome, he painted numerous altarpieces, including the Death of Mary in the church of Santa Maria della Pace, but also works in Santa Maria in Vallicella and Santa Maria del Popolo...
.