Giovanni Battista Passeri
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Giovanni Battista Passeri (c. 1610 – 22 April 1679) was an Italian
painter of the Baroque
period. He was a pupil of the painter Domenichino, while they worked together at Frascati
. He painted genre and still life
paintings.
Born in Rome, Passeri is also known for his art biography: Lives of the painters scultptors, and architects who practiced in Rome, and died from 1641 to 1673 inclusive, published in 1773. He became director or president of Accademia di San Luca
, which once contains his portrait of Domenichino, now in a gallery of Florence
.
He died in 1679. His nephew Giuseppe Passeri
was a pupil of Carlo Maratta
.
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 was a pupil of the painter Domenichino, while they worked together at Frascati
Frascati
Frascati is a town and comune in the province of Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is located south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills close to the ancient city of Tusculum. Frascati is closely associated with science, being the location of several international scientific...
. He painted genre and still life
Still life
A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made...
paintings.
Born in Rome, Passeri is also known for his art biography: Lives of the painters scultptors, and architects who practiced in Rome, and died from 1641 to 1673 inclusive, published in 1773. He became director or president of Accademia di San Luca
Accademia di San Luca
The Accademia di San Luca, was founded in 1577 as an association of artists in Rome, under the directorship of Federico Zuccari, with the purpose of elevating the work of "artists", which included painters, sculptors and architects, above that of mere craftsmen. Other founders included Girolamo...
, which once contains his portrait of Domenichino, now in a gallery of Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
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He died in 1679. His nephew Giuseppe Passeri
Giuseppe Passeri
Giuseppe Passeri was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in his native city of Rome.Born the nephew of the painter Giovanni Battista Passeri, Giuseppe trained in the studio of Carlo Maratta. Among the paintings by Giuseppe is St...
was a pupil of Carlo Maratta
Carlo Maratta
Carlo Maratta or Maratti was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. Although he is part of the classical tradition stemming from Raphael, he was not exempt from the influence of Baroque painting...
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