Ippolito Galantini Painter - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Ippolito Galantini Painter
- Ippolito Galantini (1627–1706) called II Cappucino, and sometimes II Prete Genovese, was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.
- Born at Florence in 1627, he was for some time a scholar of Padre Stefaneschi, through whose influence he became a monk of the order of the Capuchins, whence the two names by which he is frequently known.
- He was sent as a missionary to India, where he passed several years, and on his return to Europe painted several pictures for the churches of his order.
- The Uffizi Gallery in Florence contains his own portrait.
- He died in 1706, in the monastery of Montughi, near Florence.
- Among his pupils was Giovanna Fratellini.
