Giovanni Giacomo Pandolfi

Giovanni Giacomo Pandolfi (1567–1636) was an Italian painter, who was born and lived in Pesaro.

Ceiling of the Church of Nome di Dio in Pesaro, by G.G. Pandolfi, 1617-1619.

Biography

He was likely the son of the painter Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi, also from Pesaro, who had married the sister of the painter Girolamo Danti.

Gian Giacomo studied with Federico and Taddeo Zuccari, but was strongly influenced by another artist, Federico Barocci. His best known work adorns the ceiling and the Oratory of the Nome di Dio, in Pesaro, which was realized from 1617 to 1619.[1] He has also many paintings in other churches and convents, such as in the Church of Sant'Andrea in Pesaro, in the Church of San Gimignano in Sant'Angelo in Vado, and in the Church of San Pietro in Valle in Fano.

His style follows the Emilian mannerism, characterized by the sfumato of colors and well rounded human bodies. Among his students were Simone Cantarini[2] and Domenico Peruzzini.[3]

References
  1. Arisi, Ferdinando; Riccardi, Raffaella Arisi (1984). Santa Maria di Campagna a Piacenza (in Italian). Tip. Le. Co. p. 48. ISBN 9788879290791.
  2. Walter-Dressler, Helga (1991). Masterpieces of Graphic Art: German, French, and Italian Copperplate, Engravings, and Etchings of the 15th to 18th Century from the Ferdinand Siegel Collection of the City of Karlsruhe. Stadt Karlsruhe-Städtische Galerie. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-923344-18-5.
  3. Catalogo delle pitture che si conservano nelle chiese di Pesaro, Antonio Becci, Casa Gavelli, Pesaro, 1783, page 53-54.
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