Filippo Lauri (25 August 1623 - 12 December 1694) was an Italian painter of the

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period. ''Miracle of St. Vincent Ferrer''

Biography

Born and active in

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, his story was featured in biographies by Baldinucci. He first studied with his father, Balthasar Lauwers ( Italianized as Lauri), who was a

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landscape painter; and then studied with his older brother, Francesco Lauri. Afterwards, he worked under his brother-in-law,

Angelo Caroselli Angelo Caroselli or Carosèlli (11 February 1585 – 8 April 1652) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his native Rome. He created religious works, allegories, portraits as well as genre art, genre scenes in the vein of ...

. 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 sculptor ...

. In 1654 Lauri became a member of the

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in Rome, and later became the ''Principe'' or director of the academy. He painted along with

Filippo Gagliardi Filippo Gagliardi (born c. 1606, died 1659) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administ ...

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

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, and was a pupil of

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. Filippo's oldest brother Francesco Lauri 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. He died in Rome.

Works

* ''Erminia among the Shepherds'' (1681), oil on canvas

References

Citations

Sources

*
Grove Encyclopedia entry.

External links

* 1623 births 1694 deaths Painters from Rome 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters Italian people of Flemish descent {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub