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Dog with a Biscuit and a Chinese Cup was painted by Giovanna Garzoni in 1648. The work is a tempera painting on vellum that measures 27.5 x 39.5 centimeters [1]. Between the years 1642 to 1651, Garzoni worked as a court artist for the Medici Grand…

Giovanna Garzoni's Self-portrait as Apollo. Signed on the instrument: “Giovanna Garzoni F”

This is a collection of drawings of various plants all done by Garzoni (1650). Known for her still-life pieces, Garzoni hones in on the individual plant, examining shape and form of real plant anatomy. This book contains 50 different plants that…

Giovanna Garzoni painted this magnificent still-life in 1650, towards the middle/beginning of the latter-half of her career. This painting was originally thought to be created by Jacobo Ligozzi, but is now accurately credited to Garzoni [1]. Art…

"Plate of Figs" is painted with bodycolor (gouache) on vellum on a 25 x 32.5 cm board. The miniature was created as a part of Garzoni's series "Twenty Small Paintings on Vellum" for Ferdinando II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Each painting in the series…

Ceiling fresco by Giovanni Battista Gaulli in the Chiesa del Gesù

Triumph in the Name of Jesus is the most well-known of Giovanni Battista Gaulli’s frescoes decorating Il Gesù in Rome. Gaulli, commonly known as Baciccio, was mentored by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, an outstanding figure in the Italian art world. He…

Ceiling painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, originally in the Palazzo Sandi

Ceiling fresco by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in the S. Maria di Nazareth, destroyed in 1915

This fountain, built in 1612, celebrates the great engineering feat of Roman aqueducts. Marking the end of the Acqua Paola, the Fontana dell’Acqua Paola celebrates Paul V and his impact on the area. Restoring the existing aqueduct, Pope Paul V…