Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani
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Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani (1660-1731) was an Italian painter of the Baroque era in Florence.
He was a follower of the style of Carlo Cignani. He major pupil was Matteo Bonechi (1672-1726) and Giovanni Battista Ranieri del Pace. Four canvases attributed to Sagrestani are found in the church of Santa Maria della Fraternita in Foiano della Chiana. He also has works in the church of San Frediano in Cestello, in the Oltrarno district of Florence. Paintings in the church of SS. Annunziata in San Giovanni Valdarno are attributed to Sagrestani. An Assumption of the Virgin is found in Nancy, France[1].
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- Wittkower, Rudolf (1980). Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750. Penguin Books, pp. 469-470.
- Tassi, Roberto, Chiesa di Santa Maria de’ Ricci già Madonna de’ Ricci..., c1998
