Fra Galgario

Fra Galgario ( born Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi, he called himself as a painter Giuseppe and Vittore Ghislandi, born March 4, 1655 in Bergamo, † beginning in December 1743 ) was an Italian portrait painter of the late Baroque and early Rococo.

Life

Ghislandis father Domenico (c. 1656-1672 ) was a painter of landscapes and frescoes. Also one of Fra Galgarios brothers was a painter. Fra Galgario studied with Giacomo Cotta (1627-1689), Bartolomeo Bianchi. From 1675 he was in Venice, where he became a member ( a lay brother ) of the Friars Minor Order of San Francesco di Paola and changed his name from Giuseppe in Vittore. He stood up to a residence from 1688 to 1691 in Milan ( where it joins the German portrait painter Salomon Adler befriended and worked with him ) to 1702 in Venice. He was also a pupil of Sebastiano Bombelli. Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni invited him to Rome, but he turned down. 1702 he joined the Paulaner Medal at and under the name Fra Vittorio ( as a painter known as Fra Galgario ) in the monastery Galgario in Bergamo, but was also common in Milan. In 1717 he became a member of the Accademia Clementina in Bologna. He portrayed primarily noble families in the area of Bergamo, which he rarely left, but also ordinary people and clergy. He enjoyed a European reputation, pictures of him came to Lisbon, Vienna ( among other things Prinz Eugen ), Paris ( among others Marshal Belle -Isle ).

He continued the tradition of portraiture in Bergamo from the 16th century continued ( his example was especially Giovanni Battista Moroni ). His portraits are characterized by realistic rendering.

Gallery

Knights of Constantine Order, 1737, Poldi Pezzoli Museum Milan

Young painter, 1732, Bergamo, Accademia Carrara

Priest

Clergyman, about 1732