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| Giovanni Battista Gaulli Adoration of the Lamb (modello for apse fresco in Chiesa del Gesù, Rome) ca. 1680-85 oil on canvas Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco |
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| Giovanni Battista Gaulli Madonna in Glory (bozzetto for fresco in Chiesa del Gesù, Rome) ca. 1676-79 oil on paper private collection |
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| Giovanni Battista Gaulli Triumph of the Name of Jesus (bozzetto for nave fresco in Chiesa del Gesù, Rome) ca. 1676-79 oil on paper, mounted on canvas Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Giovanni Battista Gaulli Triumph of the Name of Jesus 1679 fresco Chiesa del Gesù, Rome |
"In 1669, having been recommended as a distinguished portraitist to the Este court, Gaulli was able to study in detail Correggio's altarpieces and frescoes in Modena and Parma. Immediately thereafter he undertook the most important work of his career: the frescoes and other decorations in Il Gesù in Rome, which occupied him until 1683. Here again Gaulli enjoyed great success. Numerous commissions from churches in Rome and its environs, from popes, cardinals and princes followed in its wake. The most important of these was the commission for the colossal ceiling of Santi Apostoli, which was painted in a relatively short time (ca. 1695)."
– Hermann Voss, from Baroque Painting in Rome (1925), revised and translated by Thomas Pelzel (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy, 1997)
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| attributed to Giovanni Battista Gaulli Sketch for Ceiling Fresco before 1709 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Giovanni Battista Gaulli Apotheosis of the Franciscan Order ca. 1695-1700 fresco Basilica dei Santi Apostoli, Rome |
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| Giovanni Battista Gaulli Detail Study for Assumption of St Agnes ca. 1670-90 drawing for fresco Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Giovanni Battista Gaulli Putti supporting a Wreath before 1709 drawing for fresco British Museum |
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| Giovanni Battista Gaulli Allegory of Mercury leading Geography before 1709 drawing Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas |
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| attributed to Giovanni Battista Gaulli Two Allegorical Figures below an Oval Frame ca. 1670-90 drawing for ornamental architectural details Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Giovanni Battista Gaulli Allegory of Justice ca. 1668-71 drawing for fresco Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Giovanni Battista Gaulli Allegorical Figure of Faith 1672 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Giovanni Battista Gaulli Allegorical Composition - Music and Justice with the Spinola Arms before 1709 drawing- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Giovanni Battista Gaulli Allegory of the Immaculate Conception before 1709 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |