{{Short description|Italian painter (1622–1717)}} [[File:Giovanni Maria Morandi 001.jpg|thumb|upright=.9|''Claudia Felicitas of Austria, dressed as Diana'' (1666)]] [[File:Giovanni Maria Morandi - The Rest on the Flight to Egypt.jpg|thumb|upright=.9|''Resting on the Flight into Egypt'' (1680s)]] '''Giovanni Maria Morandi''' (30 April 1622 – 18 February 1717) was an Italian Baroque painter, known for altarpieces and portraits.
==Biography== He was born in Florence. He studied art with Orazio Fidani and Giovanni Bilivert.<ref>Luigi Lanzi, ''History of Painting in Italy; From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century'', Vol.1, pg.214, Thomas Roscoe (translator), Henry G. Bohn, 1847</ref> Very few works date from this period, although a painting of Christ at the {{ill|Chiesa di San Fiorenzo|it}} (demolished) is mentioned by Raffaelo Del Bruno in his guide book to Florence (1757). He probably left there sometime in the late 1640s or early 1650s.
Most of his career was spent in Rome, where he painted numerous altarpieces, including the ''Death of Mary'' in the church of Santa Maria della Pace (1664). He also worked at Santa Maria in Vallicella, where he depicted the Pentecost, Santa Maria del Popolo, where he painted a ''Visitation'', and Santa Maria dell'Anima, where he created a ''Visitation'' and a ''Marriage of the Virgin''. In addition, he painted murals on mythological subjects at the Palazzo Salviati in Trastevere.
He became a member of the Accademia di San Luca where, in 1671, he served as director. In 1690, he entered the newly founded Pontifical Academy of Arcadia under the name "Mantino Agoriense".<ref>Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni, ''Istoria della volgar poesia'' (1698). Reprinted by the Nabu Press (2011) {{ISBN|978-1-270-99142-7}}</ref> For many years, he had a workshop that was very popular. His students there included Francesco Zuccarelli, Francesco Conti, Odoardo Vicinelli and Pietro Nelli.
His patrons included Emperor Leopold I and Pope Alexander VII, who provided most of his commissions, in Rome and Siena, where he was the official portraitist for the Pope's family, the Chigis. Also in Siena, he painted an ''Annunciation'' for the church at Santa Maria della Scala, and a ''Saint Filippo Neri in Ecstasy'' at Siena Cathedral.
Morandi died in Rome on 18 February 1717.
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==Further reading== * E. Waterhouse, "A note on Giovanni Maria Morandi", in ''Studies in Renaissance and Baroque art presented to Anthony Blunt on his 60th birthday'', London-New York 1967, pp. 117-121. {{ISBN|978-0-7148-1320-2}} * F. Petrucci, "Sull'attività ritrattistica di Giovanni M. Morandi", in ''Labyrinthos'', #33/34, 1998, pp. 131-174. * G. De Luca, "Vicende di un dipinto di Giovanni Maria Morandi per il Duomo di Siena", in ''Prospettiva'', #138, 2010, pp. 58–67.
==External links== {{commonscat|Giovanni Maria Morandi}} *Laura Mocci, MORANDI, Giovanni Maria, in ''Dizionario biografico degli italiani'', vol. 76, ([https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovanni-maria-morandi_(Dizionario-Biografico) Online @ Treccani])
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