Giovanni Battista Giustammiani Explained

Giovanni Battista Giustammiani, also called il Francesino (active 1608 to 1643) was a French-Italian painter active mainly painting sacred subjects in a late-Mannerist style in Siena, Tuscany, Italy.

Biography

He painted the Miracles of Benedictine Saints for the sacristy of San Domenico. He also painted a glory of angels for the Sacristy of the Siena Cathedral. He painted an altarpieces depicting the Circumcision of Jesus for the church of San Raimondo.[1]

He painted a Saint Dominic in Soriano for the, Greve in Chianti, Tuscany; now in the Museum of Saint Francis, Greve in Chianti.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.piccoligrandimusei.it/blog/glossary/francesino-giovan-battista-giustammiani-detto-il-documentato-dal-1608-al-1643/ Piccoli Grandi Musei
  2. Web site: Image of Saint Dominic Being Carried to Soriano by the Madonna and the Saints Mary Magdalene and Catherine . Piccoli Grandi Musei . 17 April 2017. (Under the 'Collection' tab.)