Ippolito Galantini (1627 - 1706)

Ippolito Galantini

Ippolito Galantini was an Italian Baroque painter and religious figure. Known by the nicknames Il Capuccino and Il Prete Genovese.

Born in Florence, he was for a time a pupil of Stefaneschi, under whose influence he became a monk of the Capuchin order (hence the two nicknames by which he is known). He was sent as a missionary to India, where he spent several years, and on his return to Europe painted several paintings for the churches of his order. There is a self-portrait of him in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.