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Brandi, Giacinto
(b Gaeta or Poli, 1621; d Rome, 19 Jan 1691). Italian painter. His early training was in Rome, in the workshop of the sculptor Alessandro Algardi, who encouraged his inclination towards disegno (Baldinucci). He then worked under the Bolognese Giovanni Giacomo Sementi, an uninspired imitator of Guido Reni. Sementi died in 1636, and in 1638 Brandi visited Naples. In 1646–7 he was again in Rome, employed in the workshop of Giovanni Lanfranco, who had recently returned from Naples. This is confirmed by Brandi’s Joseph’s Dream (Rome, Gal. Corsini), which is based on one of Lanfranco’s works. In 1647 Brandi joined the Accademia dei Virtuosi al Pantheon in Rome and from 1651 was present at the meetings of the Accademia di S Luca.
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