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Garzi, Luigi
(b Pistoia, 1638; d Rome, 1721). Italian painter. At the age of 15 he entered the Roman workshop of Andrea Sacchi, from whom he acquired the classical training that served him throughout his career. Among his earliest works is the Triumph of St Catherine and All Saints (Rome, S Caterina a Magnanapoli), which clearly shows the influence of Emilian painting, particularly that of Reni. Another early canvas is St Silvestro Shows Constantine Portraits of SS Peter and Paul (Rome, Santa Croce in Gerusalemme). In 1680 Garzi was appointed Regent of the Congregazione dei Virtuosi al Pantheon, and in 1682 he became Principe of the Accademia di S Luca, of which he had been a member since 1670. In the early 1680s he contributed to the frescoed decoration of the vault of S Carlo al Corso, where his works included an Allegory of Faith. This was influenced by Giovanni Lanfranco’s decoration in S Andrea della Valle, as was his fresco depicting the Glory of the Eternal Father (1686; S Maria del Popolo, Cappella Cybo).
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