Filippo Lauri (25 August 1623 - 12 December 1694) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus ( legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

. ''Miracle of St Vincent Ferrer'' Born and active in Rome, his story was featured in the biographies by

Baldinucci Baldinucci is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anthony Baldinucci (1665–1717), an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary *Filippo Baldinucci (1625–1696), an Italian art historian and biographer * Pietro Paolo Baldinucci, Ital ...

. He first studied with his father,

Balthasar Lauwers Balthasar Lauwers, known in Italy as Baldassare Lauri or Baldassare Lauro (Antwerp, baptized on 18 April 1578 - Rome, 4 August 1645) was a Flemish landscape painter who, after initially training in Antwerp, had a successful career in Italy where he ...

(Italianized as Lauri), who was a Flemish landscape painter; and then studied with his elder brother,

Francesco Lauri Francesco Lauri (1610–1635) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome, but also throughout other parts of eastern and northern Italy and some of France, Spain and Greece. Biography He was the oldest son of the Fl ...

. Afterwards, he worked under his brother-in-law, Angelo Caroselli. Filippo's brother had been a pupil of

Andrea Sacchi Andrea Sacchi (30 November 159921 June 1661) was an Italian painter of High Baroque Classicism, active in Rome. A generation of artists who shared his style of art include the painters Nicolas Poussin and Giovanni Battista Passeri, the sculptors ...

. In 1654 Lauri became a member of the

Accademia di San Luca The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its f ...

in Rome, and later became the ''Principe'' or director of the academy. He painted along with Filippo Gagliardi a canvas depiction of ''Celebrations for Christine of Sweden at Palazzo Barberini'' (now at

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), which demonstrates the exuberant pageantry common in their time. Filippo's father had emigrated from Antwerp, and was a pupil of

Paul Bril Paul Bril (1554 – 7 October 1626) was a Flemish painter and printmaker principally known for his landscapes.Nicola Courtright. "Paul Bril." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 26 September 2016 He spent most of h ...

. Filippo's oldest brother

was also a painter and a pupil of

, who died young. Fillipo often painted small figures for the landscapes of Claude Lorraine. He was prolific. He employed many engravers.

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*See Artists in biographies by Filippo Baldinucci *
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1623 births 1694 deaths Painters from Rome 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub