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Giovanni Domenico Cerrini

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Giovanni Domenico Cerrini, also called Gian Domenico Cerrini or il Cavalier Perugino, (1609 - 1681), was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome and influenced in large part by painter of the Bolognese School.

Born in Perugia, Cerrini initially apprenticed under Giovanni Antonio Scaramuccia, then in 1638 moved into the Roman studio of Guido Reni, but strongly influenced by Lanfranco, Guercino, Domenichino, and Andrea Sacchi. He was patronized by the family of the cardinal Bernardino Cardinal Spada. He received from Giulio Cardinal Rospigliosi, future Pope Clement IX, the commission to decorate the cupola of Santa Maria della Vittoria (1654-5). His style has the monumental clarity of Domenichino, but somewhat sapped of vitality.

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, Chiesa Nuova, San Carlo ai Catinari, Santissimo Sudario dei Piemontesi, Sant’Isidoro, as well as in Galleria Colonna, Palazzo Spada, and the Palazzo Corsini art gallery.

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