Giovan Battista Ricci and Cristoforo Greppi at the Castellani Chapel in S. Francesco a Ripa, Rome

• Autores: Patrizia Tosini
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 145, Nº 1202, 2003, págs. 366-370
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The painter and draughtsman Giovan Battista Ricci probably came to Rome from his native Lombardy during the pontificate of Gregory XIII (r.1572-85), since he is mentioned in documents in the Accademia di S. Luca as early as 1581, and he died in Rome in August 1627. Our knowledge of his long career has been increased greatly in the last decade thanks to new research on the pontificate of Sixtus V (r.1585-90).' Several studies have also appeared on Ricci's drawings which he must have produced in great quantity, judging from the number of frescos he executed in the chapels, aisles and apses of Roman churches, following somewhat standard decorative schemes adapted to the patrons' demands and to the requirements of the site.