Giacinto Brandi (1621–1691)

• Was an Italian painter from the Baroque era.
• He was active mainly in Rome and Naples.
• Born in Rome.
• He was part of the studio of Alessandro Algardi, a noted sculptor who noted that Brandi was more suited to painting.
• He joined the studio of Giovanni Giacomo Sementi.
• He traveled to Naples from 1638, and by 1647 had returned to Rome to work under Giovanni Lanfranco, where Brandi befriended Mattia Preti.
• The two artists would later on, often collaborate.
• His works are well distributed among baroque Churches of Rome including San Carlo al Corso, San Silvestro in Capite, Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, and the church of Gesù e Maria.
• In 1647, he joined the Congregazione dei Virtuosi al Pantheon in Rome.
• From 1651 was inducted into the Accademia di San Luca for painters.
• Some of his works are in Milan, Toledo, and Zaragoza.
• Among his pupils were Carlo Lamparelli of Spello, and Alessandro Vassello.
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