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Filippo Baldinucci
's Notizie de' Professori del Disegno, Da Cimabue in qua, Secolo V. dal 1610. al 1670. Distinto in Decennali (or Notice of the Professors of Design, from Cimabue to now, from 1610-1670) was a major art biography of Baroque painters. Written by the erudite Florentine
professor of the Accademia della Crusca
, it is often verbose and rife with factual errors; however, it is a broad compendium of stories about generally contemporaneous Baroque
painters. It is interesting to note that dozens of Flemish and Dutch painters, including Rembrandt, were judged to merit inclusion. The posthumous edition (1681) includes (in order of appearance in the text) and expanding list of artists:
Filippo Baldinucci
Filippo Baldinucci was an Italian art historian and biographer.-Life:Baldinucci is considered among the most significant Florentine biographers/historians of the artists and the arts of the Baroque period...
's Notizie de' Professori del Disegno, Da Cimabue in qua, Secolo V. dal 1610. al 1670. Distinto in Decennali (or Notice of the Professors of Design, from Cimabue to now, from 1610-1670) was a major art biography of Baroque painters. Written by the erudite Florentine
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....
professor of the Accademia della Crusca
Accademia della Crusca
The Accademia della Crusca is an Italian society for scholars and Italian linguists and philologists established in Florence. After the Accademia Cosentina, it is the oldest Italian academy still in existence...
, it is often verbose and rife with factual errors; however, it is a broad compendium of stories about generally contemporaneous 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...
painters. It is interesting to note that dozens of Flemish and Dutch painters, including Rembrandt, were judged to merit inclusion. The posthumous edition (1681) includes (in order of appearance in the text) and expanding list of artists:
Decennale II
- Giovanni da S. Giovanni; p. 1
- Gio: Lorenzo Bernini; p. 54
- Giovanni Bilivert; p. 68
- Fra Arsenio Mascagni (Donato MascagniDonato MascagniDonato Mascagni was an Italian painter of the Renaissance active in Florence, Volterra, Rome, Mugello, and Salzburg. He was a pupil of Jacopo Ligozzi. He is also known as Fra or Frate Arsenio because he joined the Servite monastery in 1605. He however obtained special dispensation through cardinal...
); p. 79 - Agostino BugiardiniAgostino BugiardiniAgostino Bugiardini was an Italian sculptor active in the early-Baroque period, mainly in his hometown of Florence, but also in Rome. He was a disciple of Giovanni Caccini, and fellow pupil of Gherardo Silvani.-References:...
; p. 83 - Astolfo PetrazziAstolfo PetrazziAstolfo Petrazzi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his hometown of Siena, but also Spoleto and Rome. He was a pupil of mainly Francesco Vanni, but also worked under Ventura Salimbeni and Pietro Sorri...
; p. 85 - Astasio Fontebuoni (Anastasio Fuontebuoni); p. 86
- Rutilio Manetti; p.92
- Gherardo SilvaniGherardo SilvaniGherardo Silvani was an Italian architect and sculptor, active mainly in Florence and other sites in Tuscany during the Baroque period....
; p. 93 - Jacopo Callot; p. 109
- Artists from the low countries
- Francesco Snyders (Frans Snyders); p. 120
- Guglielmo de Nicolant (Willem van Nieulandt II); p. 120
- Adamo WillaertsAdam WillaertsAdam Willaerts was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:Willaerts was born in London to Flemish parents who had fled from Antwerp for religious reasons. By 1585 the family lived in Leiden. From 1597 until his death, Adam lived in Utrecht, where he became a member of the Guild of St...
; p. 120 - Gasparo Cleayer (Caspar de CrayerCaspar de CrayerGaspar de Crayer , sometimes called Gaspard or Caspar de Crayer was a Flemish painter.Crayer was born in Antwerp. He learned the art of painting from Michael Coxcie. He matriculated in the Guild of St Luke at Brussels in 1607, resided in the capital of Brabant till after 1660, and finally settled...
); p. 120 - Rolando Saveri (Roelant SaveryRoelant SaveryRoelant Savery , was a Flanders-born Dutch Golden Age painter.-Life:Savery was born in Kortrijk...
); p. 121 - Enrico Van der Borcht (Hendrik van der Borcht the elderHendrik van der Borcht the elderHendrik van der Borcht the Elder was a Flemish engraver and still life painter of flowers and fruit, who was mainly active in Germany....
); p. 121
- Jacopo Ernesto Thoman de Hagelstein; p. 121
- Giovanni Stefano MarucelliGiovanni Stefano MarucelliGiovanni Stefano Marucelli was an Italian painter and architect of the Baroque period, active in Tuscany, including Florence and Pisa.His name is also written as Maruscelli, Maruscielli, or Marscelli...
; p. 122 - Giovanni Coccapani; p. 123
- Sigismondo CoccapaniSigismondo CoccapaniSigismondo Coccapani, an Italian painter, who was born at Florence in 1585. He at first studied literature and mathematics, but abandoned them for painting, and became a scholar of Cigoli. In 1610 he went to Italy, and after his return home gained considerable reputation both as a painter and an...
; p. 132 - Chiarisimo d'Antonio Fancelli; p. 136
- Orazio MochiOrazio MochiOrazio Mochi was an Italian sculptor of the late-Mannerist period, active mainly in Florence. He was a pupil of Giuseppe Caccini. The sculptor Francesco Mochi was his son.-Sources:...
; p. 137 - Raffaello Curradi; p. 138
- Ottavio VanniniOttavio VanniniOttavio Vannini was an Italian artist of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence.Born in Florence to Michele Vannini. He initially apprenticed for four years with a mediocre painter by the name of Giovanni Battista Mercati, but he then trained in Rome under Anastasio Fuontebuoni. He...
; p. 141 - Giovanni LanfrancoGiovanni LanfrancoGiovanni Lanfranco was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.-Biography:Giovanni Gaspare Lanfranco was born in Parma, the third son of Stefano and Cornelia Lanfranchi, and was placed as a page in the household of Count Orazio Scotti...
; p 151- Artists from Genoa and its territories
- Sinibaldo ScorzaSinibaldo ScorzaSinibaldo Scorza was an Italian painter, draughtsman and etcher.He was born into a wealthy aristocratic family from Voltaggio , his father being the Conte Scorza di Voltaggio, and he received a literary and humanist education...
; p. 154 - Giovanni Andrea AnsaldoGiovanni Andrea Ansaldothumb|320px|The dome of the Annunziata, Genoa.Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo was an Italian painter active mainly in Genoa.He was born in Voltri, now part of the comune' of Genoa, the son of a merchant. He trained under Orazio Cambiaso and possibly collaborated with Bernardo Strozzi...
; P. 156 - Bernardo StrozziBernardo StrozziBernardo Strozzi was a prominent and prolific Italian Baroque painter born and active mainly in Genoa, and also active in Venice.-Biography:Strozzi was born in Genoa. He was probably not related to the other Strozzi family....
;p. 157 - Giovanni Maria BottalaGiovanni Maria BottalaGiovanni Maria Bottala was an Italian painter active in the Baroque period.He was born in Savona. He traveled to Rome as a young boy, and later became pupil of Pietro da Cortona in Rome. He painted in Rome, Naples, and Genoa. He was taken into the patronage of Cardinal Giulio Sacchetti, for whom...
; p. 159 - Luciano Di Silvestro Bolzone; p. 159
- Giovambatista Capellino (Giovanni Domenico Capellino?) p. 161
Decennale III
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- Fra Giovanni Battista Stefaneschi; p. 163
- Monsu Giusto Subtermans (Giustus Sustermans); p. 167
- Michelangelo CerquozziMichelangelo CerquozziMichelangelo Cerquozzi was an Italian Baroque painter.Born and active mainly in Rome, he is best known for small canvases of genre scenes, and for being one of the Italian proponents of the Bamboccianti style practised by a Dutch painter in Rome, Pieter van Laer...
; p. 189- Artists from Low Countries
- Adriano van Utrecht (Adriaen); p. 197
- Giovanni Guglielmo Bawr, (Johann Wilhelm BaurJohann Wilhelm BaurJohann Wilhelm Baur, Joan Guiliam Bouwer, or Bauer was a German engraver, etcher and miniature painter...
, Strabourg) ; p. 197 - Niccola Canupfer, (Nikolaus KnüpferNikolaus Knüpfer-Biography:Knüpfer was trained in Leipzig, where according to Houbraken he was apprenticed to Emanuel Nysen. He then moved to Magdeburg where he found work making brushes for artists. He stayed there until 1630, and then moved to Utrecht to work with Abraham Bloemaert...
) ; p. 197 - Jacopo di Giordano or Giacomo Giordans (Jacob JordaensJacob JordaensJacob Jordaens was one of three Flemish Baroque painters, along with Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, to bring prestige to the Antwerp school of painting. Unlike those contemporaries he never traveled abroad to study Italian painting, and his career is marked by an indifference to their...
) ; p. 197 - Baldasarr Gerbier, (Balthazar GerbierBalthazar GerbierSir Balthazar Gerbier , was an Anglo-Dutch courtier, diplomat, art advisor, miniaturist and architectural designer, in his own words fluent in "several languages" with "a good hand in writing, skill in sciences as mathematics, architecture, drawing, painting, contriving of scenes, masques, shows...
) ; p. 197 - Lionardo Bramer (Leonaert BramerLeonaert BramerLeonaert/Leonard Bramer alias Nestelghat was a Dutch painter, best known for probably being one of the teachers of Johannes Vermeer, although there is no similarity between their work. Bramer's dark and exotic style is unlike Vermeer's style...
) ; p. 197 - Adriano de Bie (Adriaan de Bie, father of Cornelis de BieCornelis de BieCornelis de Bie was a Brabant rederijker, poet, jurist and minor politician from Lier.He is the author of about 64 works, mostly comedies...
); p. 198 - Adriano Vander Venne, (Adriaen van de VenneAdriaen van de VenneAdriaen Pietersz van de Venne , was a versatile Dutch Golden Age painter of allegories, genre subjects and portraits, as well as a miniaturist, book-illustrator and designer of political satires and a versifier.-Biography:...
) ; p. 198 - Gheraldo Honthorst (Gerard van HonthorstGerard van HonthorstGerard van Honthorst , also known as Gerrit van Honthorst and in Italy as Gherardo delle Notti for his nighttime candlelit subjects, was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Utrecht.-Biography:...
) ; p. 198 - Pietro Snayers (Pieter SnayersPieter SnayersPieter Snayers was a Flemish Baroque painter known for representations of historical battle scenes.Born in Antwerp, he studied under Sebastiaen Vrancx before joining Antwerp's Guild of St. Luke in 1612...
) ; p. 198 - Jacopo Vrancqaert ; p. 198
- Francesco LauriFrancesco LauriFrancesco Lauri was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome.He was the oldest son of a Flemish painter of landscapes and pupil of Paul Bril, Bathazar Lauwers , who emigrated from Antwerp to Milan, then Rome. Francesco's younger brother Fillipo Lauri was also a painter and...
; p. 199 - Francesco RusticiFrancesco RusticiFrancesco Rustici was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was initially a pupil of his father Cristoforo Rustici, then became a follower of the style of Caravaggio. Francesco painted an Annunciation for the church of the Madonna di Provenzano in Siena. He painted a Death of Mary Magdalen...
; p. 200 - Snyders D'Anversa, (Frans Snyders); p. 201
- Giovambatista Vanni; (Giovanni Battista VanniGiovanni Battista VanniGiovanni Battista Vanni was an Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque period.He was born in either Pisa or Florence in 1599 ; he studied successively under Jacopo da Empoli, Aurelio Lomi, and Matteo Rosselli, and then became a disciple of Cristofano Allori. He is better known as an engraver...
); p. 201 - Cesare DandiniCesare DandiniCesare Dandini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his native city of Florence....
; p. 210 - Felice FicherelliFelice FicherelliFelice Ficherelli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, born in San Gimignano and active mainly in Tuscany. Among Ficherelli's early patrons was Conte Bardi, who persuaded Felice to move to Florence and to study with the painter Jacopo da Empoli. Empoli's influence is evident in the...
; p. 219 - Filippo Uffembach ; p. 226
- Orazio RiminaldiOrazio RiminaldiOrazio Riminaldi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.Riminaldi was born at Pisa. He was a pupil of the painter Ranieri Borghetti, then Aurelio Lomi, and finally Orazio Gentileschi. He painted in a Caravaggist style in Rome, and returned to Pisa, ultimately choosing a muted style. He...
; p. 227 - Andrea CamasseiAndrea CamasseiAndrea Camassei was an Italian Baroque painter and engraver, who was mainly active in Rome under the patronage of the Barberini.He was born in Bevagna. He was active in painting in the Palazzo Barberini as well as in Antonio Barberini's favored church, Santa Maria della Concezione, where he...
; p. 228 - Mario BalassiMario BalassiMario Balassi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Florence and Rome.He began training with Jacopo Ligozzi, then with Matteo Rosselli, and finally with Domenico Passignano who he accompanied him to Rome to work under the papacy of Pope Urban VIII Here he was patronized by...
; p. 233 - Cornelio Bloemaert; p. 238
- Stefano della BellaStefano della BellaStefano della Bella was an Italian draughtsman and printmaker known for etchings of a great variety of subjects, including military and court scenes, landscapes, and lively genre scenes...
; p. 242 - Giovanni GonelliGiovanni GonelliGiovanni Francisco Gonelli also known as il Cieco da Gambassi was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period, born in Tuscany. He is one of the biographies featured by Filippo Baldinucci....
; p. 253 - Francesco FuriniFrancesco FuriniFrancesco Furini was an Italian Baroque painter of Florence.His early training was by Matteo Rosselli , though Furini is also described as influenced by Domenico Passignano and Giovanni Biliverti . He befriended Giovanni da San Giovanni...
; p. 258 - Girolamo CurtiGirolamo CurtiGirolamo Curti was an Italian painter of the early-Baroque, specializing in quadratura.He was also called il Dentone.He was born to a poor family at Bologna, and worked for cloth spinner till age 25. His first formal training was with the Cremonese painter Cesare Baglioni...
; p. 267 - Cavaliere Gio. Francesco Barbieri, (Giovanni Francesco BarbieriGiovanni Francesco BarbieriGiovanni Francesco Barbieri , best known as Guercino or Il Guercino, was an Italian Baroque painter from the region of Emilia, and active in Rome and Bologna. Guercino is Italian for 'squinter', a nickname that was given to him because he was cross-eyed...
) - Angiol Michele ColonnaAngelo Michele ColonnaAngelo Michele Colonna was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Bologna, northern and central Italy and Spain. He is sometimes referred to as Michelangelo Colonna.-Biography:...
; p. 276 - Antonio Vandich (Anthony Van DyckAnthony van DyckSir Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of Charles I of England and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next...
) ; p. 279 - Francesco Diquesnoy (Francesco Duquesnoy) ; p. 283
- Agostino Metelli ; p. 286
- Artists from the city of Venice and its territories
- Cavaliere Carlo RidolfiCarlo RidolfiCarlo Ridolfi was an Italian art biographer and painter of the Baroque period.-Painter:He was born in Lonigo near Vicenza, and died in Venice. He was a pupil of the painter Antonio Vassilacchi . He painted a Visitation for the Ognissanti and an Adoration of the Magi for San Giovanni Elemosinario...
; p. 289 - Marc'Antonio Bassetti (Verona) ; p. 292
- Tommaso SandrinoTommaso SandrinoTommaso Sandrino was an Italian painter of quadratura painter of the late-Renaissance period, active in Brescia.He was active in quadratura and in architecture. In 1615, he helped decorate the church of San Domenico in Brescia. His brother Pietro worked with Ottavio Viviani in painting the...
(Brescia); p. 292 - Piero Damini, (Pietro DaminiPietro DaminiPietro Damini was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period. He was the pupil of the painter Giovanni Battista Novelli. He painted Christ giving keys to Peter for San Clemente in Padua. He painted a Crucifixion for the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua. He also painted an image of Saint...
, Castelfranco); p. 293 - Filippo ZanibertiFilippo ZanibertiFilippo Zaniberti was an Italian painter of the late Mannerist period. He was born in Brescia and active in Venice, where he became a pupil of Santo Peranda. Zaniberti's style recalls the richeness of Paolo Veronese. He painted a Mannah in the desert for the main altarpiece of the church of Santa...
(Brescia); p. 293 - Matteo IngoliMatteo IngoliMatteo Ingoli was an Italian painter of the early-Baroque period.Born in Ravenna. He painted two canvases, the Baptism and Presentation of Mary to temple for the church of San Lorenzo in Castelli Calepio.-References:...
(Ravenna) ; p. 294 - Francesco Zugni, (Francesco ZugnoFrancesco ZugnoFrancesco Zugno was an Italian painter of the Rococo period. He was born in Brescia. Among his masterworks is a series of wall frescoes of figures in quadratura balconies—part genre, part courtly conceit. He was strongly influenced by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and his works.-References:* entry...
, Brescia) ; p. 294 - Giovambatista Brisone (Padua) ; p. 295
- Tiberio TinelliTiberio TinelliTiberio Tinelli was an Italian painter of the early-Baroque period, active mainly in his native city of Venice.He trained with Giovanni Contarini, a pupil of the late Titian. Tinelli then either worked under or emulated Leandro Bassano....
- Niccolo Possino (Nicolas PoussinNicolas PoussinNicolas Poussin was a French painter in the classical style. His work predominantly features clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color. His work serves as an alternative to the dominant Baroque style of the 17th century...
) ; p. 297- Artists from Genoa or Liguria
- Giovambatista CarloneGiovanni Battista CarloneGiovanni Battista Carlone was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa.Carlone was born and died in Genoa. He came from a family of artists: his father Taddeo was a sculptor and his older brother Giovanni Bernardo Carlone, a well-trained painter. He may have had some...
; p. 303 - Giovacchino Axereto (Gioacchino AsseretoGioacchino AsseretoGioacchino Assereto was an Italian painter of the early Baroque period, active in Genoa.He initially apprenticed with Luciano Borzone and later Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo. He painted two vault frescoes in the church of Santissima Annunziata del Vastato: David and Abimelech and Santi Giovanni and...
) ; p. 304
Decennale IV
- Angiol Maria Colomboni (Angelo Maria Coloboni); p. 305
- Cosimo LottiCosimo LottiCosimo Lotti was an Italian engineer, scenographer, and landscape designer. He worked around Florence until in his mid-fifties he moved to Madrid where he produced theatrical spectacles for the royal court....
; p.306 - Baccio del Bianco; p. 311
- Alfonso ParigiAlfonso ParigiAlfonso Parigi the Younger was an Italian architect and scenographer, the son of Giulio Parigi.He worked mainly in Florence, beginning at a very early age as his father's assistant...
; p. 332 - Alessandro AlgardiAlessandro AlgardiAlessandro Algardi was an Italian high-Baroque sculptor active almost exclusively in Rome, where for the latter decades of his life, he was the major rival of Gian Lorenzo Bernini.-Early years:...
; p. 235 - Pellegrino PiolaPellegrino PiolaPellegrino Piola was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Genoa.He was born in Genoa, and at the age of twelve, apprenticed with Domenico and Giovanni Battista Capellino. He was the elder brother of the painter Domenico Piola...
; p. 338 - Antonio Novelli; p. 339
- Claudio Gellee; p. 353
- Pietro RicchiPietro RicchiPietro Ricchi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, born in Lucca.He traveled widely thorough Northern Italy. He was a pupil of the painter Domenico Passignano and Guido Reni . He painted an altarpiece for the church of San Francesco in Lucca.Ricchi died in Udine in 1675.-References:...
; p. 360 - Pietro Paolino; p. 364
- Cav. Giovanni Miel (Jan MielJan MielJan Miel was a Flemish painter, active in Italy, emerging from the circle of genre painters influenced by Pieter van Laer and the so-called Bamboccianti painters. He was born in Beveren-Waas near Antwerp, but had traveled to Rome by 1636. Surprisingly, he briefly collaborating with Andrea Sacchi,...
); p. 366 - Cav. Francesco Borromino; p. 370
- Painters from low countries
- Jacopo Backer (Jacob Adriensz Backer); p. 375
- Giovanni Van Hoeck, (Jan van de Hoeck); p. 375
- Andriano Van Nieulaht (Adriaen van Nieulandt the youngerAdriaen van Nieulandt the youngerAdriaen van Nieulandt the Younger was a Dutch painter and engraver of the Baroque period.-Biography:...
); p. 375 - Piero Francesco o Franchoys (Peter FranchoysPeter FranchoysPeter, Peeter or Pieter Franchoys or Francois was a Flemish Baroque painter from Mechelen, who painted an altarpiece of Calvary influenced by Anthony van Dyck for the St. Gummarus church in Lier, Belgium.-Biography:...
) p. 375 - Giovanni Bot (Jan Both) p.375
- David BeckDavid BeckDavid Beck , was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.-Biography:Beck was born in Delft, and was named after his uncle, a well-known poet from Arnhem. He was the son of a schoolmaster in Delft, where he learned painting from Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, a prominent portrait painter in the Netherlands...
; p,376 - Teodoro RomboutsTheodoor RomboutsTheodoor Rombouts was a Flemish Baroque painter specializing in Caravaggesque genre scenes of card players and musicians.-Biography:...
; p. 376 - Tommaso Willeborts Bossaert (Thomas Bosschaert Willeboirts); p. 376
- Buonaventura di Piero; p. 376
- Francesco Wouters; p. 376
- Andrick AndriesensHendrik AndriessensHendrick Andriessen was a Flemish Baroque still-life painter.-Biography:According to Cornelis de Bie, he was born in Antwerp and died in Zeeland. He was known as Mancken Heyn, or crippled Hein, though his still-life paintings were highly regarded and weren't at all crippled. He joined the Guild of...
; p. 376 - David Teniers il GiovaneDavid Teniers the YoungerDavid Teniers the Younger was a Flemish artist born in Antwerp, the son of David Teniers the Elder. His son David Teniers III and his grandson David Teniers IV were also painters...
; p. 376 - Ruberto Van Hoeck (Robert van den HoeckeRobert van den HoeckeRobert van den Hoecke , also known as Robrecht van den Hoecke, was a Flemish Baroque painter of battle scenes in the manner of Pieter Snayers.-Biography:...
); p. 376 - Gio Batista Van-Heil (Jan Baptist van HeilJan Baptist van Heil-Biography:According to Houbraken, who summarized a poem about his work by Cornelis de Bie, Jan Baptist van Heil was a Flemish portrait painter who was considered the best of three famous brothers; his brother Leo van Heil was a painter of flowers and insects, while his brother Daniel van Heil...
); p. 377 - Pietro Meert (Pieter MeertPieter MeertPieter Meert was a Flemish painter of the Baroque period.He was born at Brussels. According the Gulden Cabinet published by Cornelis De Bie in 1662, Meert was well known as a portrait painter, imitating the style of Van Dyck. He died at Brussels...
); p. 377 - Giovanni Vanden-Heckc, (Jan van den HoeckeJan van den HoeckeJan van den Hoecke , also known as Johannes or Giovanni and van Hoek, van Hoeck, or Vanhoek, was a Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman. He was born and died in Antwerp.-Biography:...
); p. 377 - Carlo da Savoia; p. 377
- Giovanni Meyssens (Jan MeyssensJan MeyssensJoannes, Jean, or Jan Meyssens , was a Flemish Baroque painter, engraver, and printer.-Biography:According to the RKD he was born in Brussels, but moved to Antwerp at an early age, where he became master of the Guild of St. Luke in 1640. He married Anna Jacobs . He influenced Theodoor van Merlen...
); p. 377 - Gasparo de Wit; (Gaspar de WitteGaspar de WitteCaspar, Jasper, or Gaspar de Witte was a Flemish painter of the Baroque period.-Biography:He was born into a respected painting family...
) p. 377 - Paolo de Ponte; p. 377
- Pietro de Jode (Pieter de Jode IIPieter de Jode II-Biography:He learned drawing and engraving from his father, Pieter de Jode I , whose engravings were a source for Karel van Mander. He travelled to Paris with him to make engravings, and on his return he married Justa Galle, the widow of Adriaen Collaert and the daughter of Philip Galle.He started...
); p. 378 - Leone Van-Heil (Leo van HeilLeo van Heil-Biography:According to Cornelis de Bie, Leo van Heil was a Flemish painter who specialized in flowers and insects, who had two famous brothers; his brother Jan Baptist van Heil was a portrait painter considered the best of the three, and his brother Daniel van Heil specialized in landscapes with...
); p. 378 - Pietro Verbrugghen (Pieter Verbrugghen IPieter Verbrugghen IPieter Verbrugghen I was a Flemish sculptor. His brother in law, Artus I Quellin, had a studio in Antwerp.-Biography:His biography, accompanied by an illustration, was published in Cornelis de Bie's book of artists Het Gulden Cabinet, 1668...
); p. 378 - Simone Bosboon; p. 378
- Vincislao Hollar (Wenceslas HollarWenceslas HollarVáclav Hollar , known in England as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas and in Germany as Wenzel Hollar , was a Bohemian etcher, who lived in England for much of his life...
); p. 378 - Artu Chellini (Artus Quellinus I); p. 378
- Geraldo SegiersGerard SeghersGerard Seghers , also Zegers, was a Flemish Baroque painter and one of the leading Caravaggisti in the Southern Netherlands.-Biography:...
; p. 378 - Giovani Bylort (Jan van Bylert); p. 378
- Cornelio Poulenbourgh (Cornelis van Poelenburgh); p. 378
- Erasmo Chellino (Erasmus Quellinus IIErasmus Quellinus IIErasmus Quellinus II was a Flemish Baroque painter specializing in architectural perspective studies. He worked in the studio of Peter Paul Rubens.-Biography:He was born in Antwerp as the son of Erasmus Quellinus I and Elisabeth van Uden...
); p. 378 - Giovanni Corsiers; p. 379
- David Bally (David BaileyDavid BaileyDavid Royston Bailey CBE is an English photographer.-Early life:He was born in Leytonstone, but his family were forced to move to Heigham Road, East Ham when a World War II bomb destroyed their home. Bailey was three years old, and this is where he and Thelma, his younger sister, were raised by...
; p. 379 - Erasmo Saftleven Herman SaftlevenHerman SaftlevenHerman Saftleven the Younger , was a Dutch painter of the Baroque period.-Biography:Born in Rotterdam, Saftleven lived most of his life in Utrecht. His brothers, Cornelis Saftleven and Abraham Saftleven were both painters...
; p. 379 - Giovanni Van Brochorst (Jan Gerritsz van Bronkhorst); p. 379
- Abramo Van Diepenbecck; p. 379
- Pietro Danckerse de Ry (Peter Danckerts de RijPeter Danckerts de RijPieter, Peeter, or Peter Danckerts de Rij, Dankers de Ry, or Peteris Dankersas was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:...
); p. 379 - Daniello Van-Heil (Daniel van HeilDaniel van Heil-Biography:According to Houbraken, who summarized a two-page poem about his work by Cornelis de Bie, Daniel van Heil was a Flemish painter who specialized in landscapes with winter scenes or burning fires. He was the brother of Jan Baptist van Heil and Leo van Heil....
); p. 379 - Cornelio Janssens (Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen); p. 379
- Jacopo di Artese; p. 379
- Jacopo Wan Campen (Jacob van CampenJacob van CampenJacob van Campen , was a Dutch artist and architect of the Golden Age.-Life:He was born into a wealthy family at Haarlem, and spent his youth in his home town. Being of noble birth and with time on his hands, he took up painting mainly as a pastime...
); p. 380
Decennale V
- Baldassare FranceschiniBaldassare Franceschinithumb|Portrait of Cardinal [[Gian Carlo de' Medici]].Baldassare Franceschini was an Italian late Baroque painter active mainly around Florence...
; p 381- Painters from the low countries
- Daniel Segiers (Daniel SeghersDaniel SeghersDaniel Seghers was a Jesuit brother and Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in flower still lifes, and is particularly well-known for his contributions to the genre of "flower garland" painting. His paintings were collected enthusiastically by courtly patrons and he had numerous imitators...
; p. 415 - Jacopo Van Es (Jacob Fopsen van Es); p. 415
- Pietro Van Lint (Peter van LintPieter van LintPieter van Lint was a Flemish Baroque painter, active in Antwerp and Italy, who painted both religious subjects and genre scenes.-Biography:...
); p. 415 - David Ryckaert (David Ryckaert II); p. 416
- Gonsalo Coques (Gonzales Coques); p. 416
- Niccola de Helt Stocade (Nicolaes van Helt Stockade); p. 416
- Giovambatista Van Deynum (Jan Baptist van DeynumJan Baptist van Deynum-Biography:According to Houbraken, who summarized a three-page poem about his work by Cornelis de Bie, Jan Baptist van Deynum was a respected Flemish painter who quit his job as "hopman" of a schutterij in Antwerp in order to have more time for painting...
); p. 416 - Giorgio Van Son (Joris van SonJoris van SonJoris van Son was a highly popular Flemish Baroque painter of fruit and flowers, in banquet style on a plank, but also in garland form.-Biography:...
); p. 416 - Giovanni Van Ckesselles (Jan van Kessel, seniorJan van Kessel, seniorJan van Kessel was a Flemish painter of still lifes, who was the father of another painter with the same name Jan van Kessel, and Jan Brueghel the Elder's grandson....
); p. 416 - Errico Berckmans; p. 416
- Gian Filippo Van Thielen (Jan Philips van ThielenJan Philips van ThielenJan Philips van Thielen was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in flowers.-Early life:Van Thielen was the son of a minor nobleman and eventually assumed the title of Lord of Couwenberch...
); p. 417 - Giovanni Peters (or Pietri); p. 417
- Padre Jacopo Cortesi; p. 417 (Jacques CourtoisJacques CourtoisJacques Courtois was a French painter.-Biography:He was born at Saint-Hippolyte, near Besançon. His father was a painter, and with him Jacques remained studying up to the age of fifteen...
) - Alfonso BoschiAlfonso BoschiAlfonso Boschi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. He was a pupil of his brother Francesco Boschi.-References:*ULAN entry from Getty museum ....
; p. 426 - Prete Francesco BoschiFrancesco BoschiFrancesco Boschi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. He was the pupil of his father, Fabrizio Boschi as well as his uncle, the painter Matteo Rosselli. Born in Florence. He was noted for portraits. He painted the portrait of Galileo now in the...
; p. 428 - Lorenzo LippiLorenzo LippiLorenzo Lippi was an Italian painter and poet.Born in Florence, he studied painting under Matteo Rosselli. Both Baldassare Franceschini and Francesco Furini were also apprenticed with Rosselli...
; p. 450 - Roberto Nantevil; p. 461
- Gasparo Dughet; p. 473
- Reimbrond Vainrein (sic); p. 476, (Rembrandt Van Rijn)
- Nicasius BernaertsNicasius BernaertsNicasius Bernaerts, a Flemish painter of animals and flowers, was born at Antwerp in 1608, and was a scholar of Frans Snyders. The subjects of his pictures bear a great resemblance to those of his master, and it is certain that they have been sold as the genuine productions of Snyders. He went to...
; p. 478 - Pietro TestaPietro TestaPietro Testa was an Italian High Baroque artist, best known, both to his contemporaries and modern appreciation, as a printmaker and draftsman, who was active in Rome.-Biography:...
; p. 479 - Guobert Flynk; p. 484
- Cavaliere Carlo RainaldiCarlo RainaldiCarlo Rainaldi was an Italian architect of the Baroque period.Born in Rome, Rainaldi was one of the leading architects of 17th century Rome, known for a certain grandeur in his designs. He worked at first with his father, Girolamo Rainaldi, a late Mannerist architect in Rome. After his father's...
; p 487 - Carlo DolciCarlo DolciCarlo Dolci was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence, known for highly finished religious pictures, often repeated in many versions.-Biography:...
; p. 491 - Eberhart Keilhau, or Bernhardt Keil or (Monsù Bernardo); p. 510
- Ercole FerrataErcole FerrataErcole Ferrata was an Italian sculptor of the Roman Baroque.-Biography:A native of Pellio Inferiore, near Como, Ferrata initially apprenticed with Alessandro Algardi, and became one of his prime assistants...
; p. 516 - Pierfrancesco Silvani; p. 528
- Artist from Genoa
- Francesco MeranoFrancesco MeranoFrancesco Merano was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa, where he was born. He was one of the pupils of the Genoese Domenico Fiasella. Merano was also known as il Paggio. He married the niece of the painter Giovanni Andrea de' Ferrari.-Sources:...
(il Paggio); p. 532 - Giovambatista Bajardo; p. 533
- Giovambattista MaineroGiovanni Battista MaineroGiovanni Battista Mainero was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa. He was the pupil of the painter Luciano Borzone. He died during the plague of 1657.-References:...
; p. 533 - Giovampaolo Oderico; p. 533
- A. Silvestro ChiesaSilvestro ChiesaSilvestro Chiesa was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa. He was a pupil of Luciano Borzone. Died as a young man during the plague in 1657.-References:...
; p. 534 - Giovambatista MontiGiovanni Battista MontiGiovanni Battista Monti was an Italian painter of portraits during the Baroque period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa. He emerged from a poor family, and was apprenticed with Luciano Borzone. He died from the plague in 1657.-References:...
; p. 534 - Orazio da Voltri; p. 534
- Gio. Benedetto Castiglione; p. 534 (Giovanni Benedetto CastiglioneGiovanni Benedetto CastiglioneGiovanni Benedetto Castiglione was an Italian Baroque artist, painter, printmaker and draftsman, of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his elaborate engravings, and as the inventor of the printmaking technique of monotyping. He was known as Il Grechetto in Italy and in France as Le...
) - Anton Maria Vassallo; p. 535
- Valerio CastelloValerio CastelloValerio Castello was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was very active during his short life in Genoa.He was the youngest son of Bernardo Castello, who died when Valerio was six year old...
; p. 535 - Giulio BensoGiulio BensoGiulio Benso was a Genovese painter of the early Baroque. He is known as one of the followers of the style of Luca Cambiasi....
; p. 536 - Antonio TraviAntonio TraviAntonio Travi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Sestri, near Genoa, was generally known as Il Sordo di Sestri on account of his deafness. He was originally a color-grinder to Bernardo Strozzi, who instructed him in design, and he afterwards studied landscape painting...
, also Antonio da Sestri; p. 536 - Piero Andrea Torre; p. 537
- Domenico Fiasella da Sarzana; p. 537
- Giovanni Andrea de' Ferrari; p. 538
- Francesco Capuro; p. 539
- Stefano Magnasco; p. 539
- Pier Maria Groppallo; p. 539
- Gio. Franc. RomanelliGiovanni Francesco RomanelliGiovanni Francesco Romanelli was an Italian painter of the Baroque.Romanelli was an Italian painter of the seventeenth century and trained in Rome in the studio of Pietro da Cortona, the leading painter of the time....
; p. 540 - Salvatore Rosa; p.553
- Teodoro Helmbrecker (Dirk Helmbreker, Haarlem); p. 592
- Livio MehusLivio MehusLivio 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...
- Diacinto Brandi (sic) (Giacinto BrandiGiacinto BrandiGiacinto Brandi was an Italian painter of the Baroque era, active mainly in Rome and Naples.Born in Poli, in the Lazio, he was trained in Rome in the studio of Alessandro Algardi, a noted sculptor, who noted that Brandi was more suited to painting. He joined the studio of Giovanni Giacomo Sementi...
); p. 613 - Francesco Allegrini; p. 614
- Ottaviano JannellaOttaviano JannellaOttaviano Jannella was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period.He was born in Ascoli Piceno to Jannello Jannella and Ippolita Tuzi. His skill at miniature carving and intaglio work, he initially joined the studio of Gian Lorenzo Bernini in Rome...
; p. 616
Decennale VII and Part II
- Matteo Withoos (Matthias WithoosMatthias WithoosMatthias Withoos , also known as Calzetta Bianca and Calzetti, was a Dutch painter of still lifes and city scenes, best-known for the details of insects, reptiles and undergrowth in the foreground of his pictures.-Biography:...
); p. 622 - David Coninche (David KoninckDavid KoninckDavid Koninck or David de Coninck , also known as Rammelaar was a Flemish painter of the Baroque period. David Koninck was born in Antwerp and studied there under Jan Fyt. After a few years in Paris, he staid in Rome from ca 1671 to 1694, where joined the Bentvueghels with the nickname Rammelaar...
, Antwerp); p. 623 - Pietro BoelPieter BoelPieter Boel was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialised in lavish still lifes.-Biography:Boel was born in Antwerp. He probably went to Italy in 1650. In 1668, he worked for Charles Le Brun in his first tapestry making studio...
; p. 624 - Pietro van Bredael (Jan Pieter van Bredael); p. 624
- Francesco Spierre (Nancy); p. 625
- Cavalieri Fra Mattio Preti; p. 633