Giovanni Battista Parodi

The Miracle of the Chains of Peter (1706), ceiling fresco in San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome

Giovanni Battista Parodi (1674–1730) was an Italian painter, born in Genoa. In Genoa his frescoes are to be seen in the Church of Santa Maria Maddalena. In Rome, his sole prominent public commission was for the fresco of the ceiling of San Pietro in Vincoli in 1706.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Church of St Peter in Chains". Europe-Cities.


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