Giovanni Antonio Lelli
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Giovanni Antonio Lelli was an Italian
painter of the Baroque
period. He was a pupil of the painter Cigoli
. In the church of San Matteo in Merulana in Rome (now demolished), he painted an Annunciation. He painted a Visitation for the Convent della Minerva. Giovanni Antonio Lelli also painted a ceiling fresco (now lost) for the church of Santa Lucia in Selci.
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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 Cigoli
Cigoli
Lodovico Cardi , also known as Cigoli, was an Italian painter and architect of the late Mannerist and early Baroque period, trained and active in his early career in Florence, and spending the last nine years of his life in Rome.Lodovico Cardi was born at Villa Castelvecchio di Cigoli, in Tuscany,...
. In the church of San Matteo in Merulana in Rome (now demolished), he painted an Annunciation. He painted a Visitation for the Convent della Minerva. Giovanni Antonio Lelli also painted a ceiling fresco (now lost) for the church of Santa Lucia in Selci.