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Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri (1589–1655) was an Italian painter and Caravaggisto.
Guerrieri was born in
''Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi''
a fully digitized exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries, which contains material on Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri (see index) 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters 1589 births 1655 deaths Caravaggisti {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub
Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri (1589–1655) was an Italian painter and Caravaggisto.
Guerrieri was born in Fossombrone
Fossombrone is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, central Italy.
History
The ancient Roman colony of ''Forum Sempronii'' took its name from Gaius Sempronius Gracchus.
Near the Furlo Pass, during the Gothic War ...
. In 1606 he travelled to Rome
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where he studied under some notable artists including Orazio Gentileschi
Orazio Lomi Gentileschi (1563–1639) was an Italian painter. Born in Tuscany, he began his career in Rome, painting in a Mannerist style, much of his work consisting of painting the figures within the decorative schemes of other artists. After ...
. Returning home in 1614, he completed two versions of the work ''Miracles of St. Nicholas of Tolentino''.
Guerrieri made a second visit to Rome and earned a commission from Marcantonio II to do some frescoes and paintings. Upon completion he returned home again, and continued painting until after an accident in which his wife and daughter were killed. Guerrieri moved to Pesaro to live with his other daughter Camilla, who was also a painter. He died in Pesaro in 1655.
References
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''Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi''
a fully digitized exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries, which contains material on Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri (see index) 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters 1589 births 1655 deaths Caravaggisti {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub