Filippo Maria Galletti (1636–1714) was an Italian painter of the
Baroque
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period, active mainly in
Tuscany
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Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...
,
Parma
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, and
Liguria
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. He was a pupil of the painter
Ciro Ferri
Ciro Ferri (1634 – 13 September 1689) was an Italian Baroque sculptor and painter, the chief pupil and successor of Pietro da Cortona.
Biography
He was born in Rome, where he began working under Cortona and with a team of artists in the extens ...
and
Pietro Dandini
Pietro Dandini (12 April 1646 – 26 November 1712) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence.
Biography
He is also called ''Pier Dandini''. He was the son (or nephew) and pupil of the painter Vincenzo Dandini. P ...
. He became a
Theatine
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Foundation
The order was f ...
priest, and painted religious works in
Lecce
Lecce (; ) is a city in southern Italy and capital of the province of Lecce. It is on the Salentine Peninsula, at the heel of the Italian Peninsula, and is over two thousand years old.
Because of its rich Baroque architecture, Lecce is n ...
(church of Santa Irene) and
Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 152,916 residents as of 2025. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn ...
(Santuario de Montenero), and the church of
Santa Lucia (Parma).
He worked with
Pietro Caselli in Rome, painting the chapel with a fresco by
Nucci in the church of
San Silvestro al Quirinale. He was described as a pupil of
Vincenzo Dandini and a follower of
Ciro Ferri
Ciro Ferri (1634 – 13 September 1689) was an Italian Baroque sculptor and painter, the chief pupil and successor of Pietro da Cortona.
Biography
He was born in Rome, where he began working under Cortona and with a team of artists in the extens ...
.
In 1672, he painted for the church of
Santa Cristina, belonging to the Theatines, in Parma.
In 1674 he joined the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence. That same year he painted in the convent of
San Bartolomeo in
Rovigo
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Rovigo stands on the low ground known as Polesine, by rail southwest of Veni ...
. In 1678 he worked on the cupola of the church of
Santi Michele and Gaetano in Florence. In 1679, he frescoed for the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Montenero near
Livorno
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. In 1692, he entered the convent of
San Gaetano in Brescia, and completed an altarpiece of the saint for the church. In 1696, he painted again for the choir of the church of
San Vincenzo Martire in Modena. in 1703, he painted an altarpiece of the ''Madonna and child with San Girolamo Minai'' for the church of
San Gaggio in Florence.
Encyclopedia Treccani
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 51 (1998) by Sabina Brevaglieri.
References
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*''Abecedario de P.J. Mariette: Ouvrage publié d'après les manuscrits autographes conservés autres notes inédites de cet amateur sur les arts et les artistes.'' Pierre Jean Mariette. Published 1854.J.-B. Dumoulin Original from Oxford University Digitized Jan 17, 2007. p. 279.
1636 births
1714 deaths
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
18th-century Italian painters
Painters from Tuscany
Italian Baroque painters
18th-century Italian male artists
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