Giovanni Domenico Cerrini (1609–1681), also called ''Gian Domenico Cerrini'' or ''il Cavalier Perugino'', was a painter of the
Baroque period, born in
Perugia
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and active mainly in Rome and influenced in large part by painters of the
Bolognese School.
Biography
Cerrini initially apprenticed under
Giovanni Antonio Scaramuccia, then in 1638 moved into the Roman studio of
Guido Reni. He was anyway strongly influenced also by
Lanfranco,
Guercino,
Domenichino and
Andrea Sacchi. He was patronized by the family of Cardinal
Bernardino Spada.
Cardinal Giulio Rospigliosi gave him the commission to decorate the cupola of
Santa Maria della Vittoria (1654–1655).
Paintings of his can be found in many of the churches of Rome, where he died, including
Santa Maria in Traspontina,
San Carlino alle Quattro Fontane,
Santa Maria in Vallicella,
"Santa Maria del Carmelo in Traspontina", Churches of Rome
/ref> San Carlo ai Catinari, Santissimo Sudario dei Piemontesi, Sant'Isidoro, as well as in Galleria Colonna, Palazzo Spada, and the Palazzo Corsini art gallery.
References
Web Gallery of Art biography.
at Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia.
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1609 births
1681 deaths
Painters from Perugia
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Italian Baroque painters