Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (1610 - 1662)

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, also called Viterbese o il Raffaellino, was an Italian Baroque painter.

From the age of 14 Romanelli lived in Rome, in 1637-1642 he worked on commissions from Pope Urban VIII, and for Cardinal Francesco Barberini he decorated palazzos. Romanelli was among the artists and intellectuals under their patronage. He enjoyed a good reputation and received important commissions, including a cycle of frescoes for the Vatican. At the same time, the artist worked under Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) and decorated several Roman churches and palaces. Romanelli painted paintings and frescoes on religious and mythological themes and allegories.