Giovanni Marracci
Giovanni Marracci (1637–1704) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.
Biography
Marracci trained in Rome in the studio of Pietro da Cortona, but worked independently in Lucca and neighboring towns. Among his masterpieces is a Coronation of Santa Teresa (now in Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi, Lucca). He also frescoed the cupola of the chapel of Sant'Ignazio in the church of San Giovanni in Lucca. Marracci painted the "Saint Paul Destroying Idols" in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
He painted a St Francis adoring the Virgin for the church of the Monache dell’Angelo, and frescoed a Nativity the main door of the interior of the church of San Giusto. The frescoes on the main door of Santa Maria Cortelandini are also attributed to him. He painted altarpiece of St Thomas of the Tribune church. He painted seven large canvases for the library of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, and also painted for the galleria Colonna in Rome. One of his pupils was Gaetano Vetturali.[1]
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Sources
- ↑ Mazzarosa, Marchese Antonio (1843). Tipografia de Giuseppe Giusti, ed. Memorie e documenti per servire alla storia di Lucca, Volume 8.. Lucca; Googlebooks. pp. 171–172.
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