biography
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Baciccia
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popular name of Giovanni Battista Gaulli
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pronunciation:
[bacheechia]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1639–1709)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Genoa, NW Italy. He is best known for his ambitious and spectacular Baroque illusionistic ceiling frescoes, such as the ceiling of the Jesuit Church of the Gusí in Rome. He also painted portraits of the papal court which are of a quieter mood. |
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