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Artists›Giovanni Battista Gaulli

Giovanni Battista Gaulli

Republic of Genoa, 1639–1709

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Rome

PaintingBaroqueRococo

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Giovanni Battista Gaulli, also known as Baciccio or Baciccia, was an Italian Baroque painter working in the High Baroque and early Rococo periods. He is best known for his grand illusionistic vault frescos in the Church of the Gesù in Rome. His work was influenced by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 40% · Updated 12d ago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (13)

Christ Giving the Host to a Holy Abbess

1690 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash. Squared in black chalk

15-11/16 x 9-3/16 in. (39.9 x 23.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allegorical Figure of Faith

1672 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over a little black chalk, on brownish paper

9-1/8 x 6-7/16 in. (23.1 x 16.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sketch for "The Four Prophets of Israel" (for Il Gesù, Rome)

1670 · oil on canvas

Framed: 81.3 x 68 x 9 cm (32 x 26 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 67.3 x 55 cm (26 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Woman

1670 · oil paint

29 7/8 × 23 3/8 in. (75.9 × 59.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pope Clement X (1590–1676)

1670 · Oil on canvas

30 1/2 × 24 1/4 in. (77.5 × 61.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Detail Study for The Assumption of St. Agnes

1670 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk, on tan laid paper

26 × 39.1 cm (10 1/4 × 15 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Flora

1660 · Pen and iron gall ink, with brush and blue wash, on gray brown laid paper

35.7 × 19.3 cm (14 1/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Franciscan Saint Holding Crucifix

1659 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, and red chalk and red chalk wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove board

18.5 × 14 cm (7 5/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Andrew Adoring the Cross

1659 · Pen and brown ink, with black chalk with stumping, on buff laid paper, perimeter mounted on light gray wove card

38.5 × 26.4 cm (15 3/16 × 10 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Prophets, Patriarchs, Saints, and Music-Making Angels in Glory

1639 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk

16-1/4 x 20-13/16 in. (41.3 x 52.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allegorical Composition: Music and Justice with the Spinola Arms

1639 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over black chalk, on rose-washed paper

7-13/16 x 5-5/16 in. (19.9 x 13.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allegory of the Immaculate Conception

1639 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash. Squared in black chalk

9-3/4 x 5-15/16 in. (24.7 x 15.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Four Putti

1602 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper

43.4 × 28.4 cm (17 1/8 × 11 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

13 published of 36 catalogued · 36 with image

The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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+ 1 more source · 23 catalogued, not yet published

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6 entries · 2 sources

Portrait of a Woman
1670 · Met · 5 prov
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Sketch for "The Four Prophets of Israel" (for Il Gesù, Rome)
1670 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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