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Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (1610^[1]-1662) was an Italian painter of the Baroque.

Romanelli was an Italian painter of the seventeenth century and trained in Rome in the studio of Pietro da Cortona, the leading painter of the time.

He was born in Viterbo to Laura de Angelis and Bartolomeo Romanelli. At the age of 14, he went to Rome to learn to become an artist, and within a few years became part of the household of Cardinal Francesco Barberini. He was a pupil in the painting studio of Pietro da Cortona with whom he quarrelled and left. With the death of Urban VIII and the acession of Innocent X, the Barberini family fell from favour and Romanelli's patronage ebbed.

He was then summoned to work in Paris by Cardinal Mazarin, for whom he painted a fresco cycle based on Ovid's Metamorphoses. He also painted the Salle des Saisons and the Queen's Cabinet of the Louvre for Anne of Austria, mother of Louis XIV. In France he was made a knight of the Order of St. Michael by King Louis XIV.

Romanelli’s pupils included his son Urbano Romanelli and Giovanni Moneri.

Amongst his paintings are the Deposition from the Cross in Sant'Ambrogio della Massima, the Presentation in the temple which was transferred to a mosaic altarpiece for the Basilica of St. Peter’s. He also painted the Gathering of Manna now in Louvre.

References

^ Baldinucci claims the date is May 14, 1617.

Farquhar, Maria (1855). Ralph Nicholson Wornum (ed.). Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006. pp. 147–148.
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[1] Baldinucci claims the date is May 14, 1617.

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 '''Giovanni Francesco Romanelli''' (1610<ref>Baldinucci claims the date is May 14, 1617.</ref>-1662) was an [[Italy|Italian]] painter of the [[Baroque]].
+Romanelli was an Italian painter of the seventeenth century and trained in Rome in the studio of [[Pietro da Cortona]], the leading painter of the time.
-Born in [[Viterbo]] to Laura de Angelis and Bartolomeo Romanelli. At age 14, he was sent to live in [[Rome]] and make his fortune as an artist, and within a few years was housed in the palace of Francesco Barberini, and became one of the main pupils of the studio of [[Pietro da Cortona]]. When the [[Barberini]] (with [[Urban VIII]]'s death) fell out of favor during the [[Innocent X]] ([[Pamphili]]) papacy, Romanelli's patronage ebbed. He was then called by [[Cardinal Mazarin]] to work in [[Paris]], for whom he frescoed a cycle of painting based on Ovid's ''Metamorphoses''. He also painted the [[Salle des Saisons]] and the Queen's Cabinet of the [[Louvre]] for [[Anne of Austria]], mother of [[Louis XIV]]. Among Romanelli’s pupils we know of his son [[Urbano Romanelli]] and of [[Giovanni Moneri]].
+He was born in [[Viterbo]] to Laura de Angelis and Bartolomeo Romanelli. At the age of 14, he went to [[Rome]] to learn to become an artist, and within a few years became part of the household of Cardinal [[Francesco Barberini]]. He was a pupil in the painting studio of [[Pietro da Cortona]] with whom he quarrelled and left. With the death of Urban VIII and the acession of Innocent X, the [[Barberini]] family fell from favour and Romanelli's patronage ebbed.
-Romanelli painted a ''Deposition from the Cross'' in [[Sant'Ambrogio della Massima]], a ''Presentation in the temple'' which was transferred to a mosaic altarpiece for the [[Basilica of St. Peter’s]]. In France he was made a knight of the Order of St. Michael by [[King Louis XIV]]. He also painted a ''Gathering of Manna'' now in [[Louvre]].
+He was then summoned to work in [[Paris]] by [[Cardinal Mazarin]], for whom he painted a fresco cycle based on Ovid's ''Metamorphoses''. He also painted the [[Salle des Saisons]] and the Queen's Cabinet of the [[Louvre]] for [[Anne of Austria]], mother of [[Louis XIV]]. In France he was made a knight of the Order of St. Michael by [[King Louis XIV]].
+Romanelli’s pupils included his son [[Urbano Romanelli]] and [[Giovanni Moneri]].
+Amongst his paintings are the ''Deposition from the Cross'' in [[Sant'Ambrogio della Massima]], the ''Presentation in the temple'' which was transferred to a mosaic altarpiece for the [[Basilica of St. Peter’s]]. He also painted the ''Gathering of Manna'' now in [[Louvre]].
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