Giacomo Adolfi

Giacomo Adolfi (1682–1741) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in and around Bergamo.

Pala del suffragio (Intercession altarpiece)

Biography

Giacomo Adolfi was born in Bergamo, the older brother of the painter Ciro Adolfi, and was initially taught by his father Benedetto Adolfi. He completed a number of fresco paintings in the churches and public buildings of Bergamo, including a Crowning of the Virgin for the church of Monastery del Paradiso and an Adoration of the Magi for Sant'Alessandro della Croce, Bergamo.

References

Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 6.CS1 maint: location (link)

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