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GRIMALDI, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO (1606-168o)

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 598 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GRA-GUI
GRIMALDI, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO (1606-168o) , Italian architect and painter, named Il Bolognese from the place of his
birth
 , was a relative of the Caracci family, under whom it is presumed he studied first. He was afterwards a
pupil
  of Albani. He went to Rome, and was appointed architect to
Pope
 
Paul
  V., and was also patronized by succeeding popes. Towards 1648 he was invited to France by
Cardinal
  Mazarin, and for about two years was employed in buildings for that minister and for Louis XIV., and in fresco-
painting
  in the Louvre. His colour was strong, somewhat excessive in the use of green; his
touch
  light. He painted history, portraits and landscapesthe last with predilection, especially in his advanced yearsand executed engravings and etchings from his own landscapes and from those of Titian and the Caracci. Returning to Rome, he was made president of the
Academy
  of St Luke; and in that city he died on the 28th of November 1680, in high repute not only for his artistic skill but for his upright and charitable deeds. His son Alessandro assisted him both in
painting
  and in engraving. Paintings by Grimaldi are preserved in the Quirinal and Vatican palaces, and in the
church
  of S. Martino a'Monti; there is also a
series
  of his landscapes in the Colonna Gallery.


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