Galeazzo Ghidoni

Galeazzo Ghidoni or Gidoni (Cremona, late 16th century - early 17th century) was an Italian painter.

Biography

He was a pupil in Cremona of Antonio Campi. His first activity in Cremona, is documented by 1583.[1] HisSan Giovanni Battista preaching to the crowds (1598) once in the now destroyed church of San Mattia of Cremona.[2] He was later active in Florence (Cloister of the Ognissanti) and Rome in the early 17th century. His two sons Giovanni Battista and Vicenzo Gidoni were painters in Florence.[3]

References
  1. Pittura a Cremona dal Romanico al Settecento by Mina Gregori and Luisa Bandera Gregori (1900); Page 287.
  2. Graselli, Giuseppe (1827). Abecedario Biografico dei Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti Cremonesi. Milan: Co’ Torchi D’Omobono Mannini. p. 137.
  3. Notizie Istoriche delle Chiese Fiorentine, Giuseppe Richa S.J., Second part, third volume, page 288.


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