Giovanni Cinqui

Giovanni Cinqui
Born9 April 1667 
Died29 December 1743  (aged 76)

Giovanni Cinqui or Giovanni del Cinque (1667–1743) was an Italian painter.[1]

Biography

Born in Scarperia, he trained in Florence under Pietro Dandini. He worked in the court of Cosimo III. He painted in the Villa Medicea dell'Ambrogiana, the Palazzo di Gino Capponi in Florence, the Oratory of the Villa Medicea di Lilliano, and for the church of Santa Rosa at Viterbo.[2][3]

He painted the 149 scenes of a series on the life of Christ that is currently kept in the oratory of the Royal Palace of Riofrio in Segovia, acquired by the king Philip V of Spain.

References

  1. ^ Garollo, Gottardo (1907). Ulrico Hoepli (ed.). Dizionario biografico universale. Editore Libraio della Real Casa, Milan. p. 535.
  2. ^ Cited in Italian wikipedia entry: Gaspero Righini Mugello e Val di Sieve, note e memorie storico-artistico-letterarie, Firenze, Tipografia Pierazzi, 10 October 1956.
  3. ^ Encyclopedia Treccani entry.
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