Giovanni Odazzi Rome (1663–1731)

• Was an Italian painter and etcher, active mainly in Rome.
• He was a pupil of Ciro Ferri, then worked under the guidance of Giovanni Battista Gaulli.

• He also worked with Cornelis Bloemaert.

• He frescoed the cupola of the cathedral of San Bruno in Velletri.

• He also painted altarpieces for Santa Maria degli Angeli, a Dream of Joseph for Santa Maria della Scala, San Clemente, a San Ciriaco for Santa Maria in Via Lata and San Giovanni in Laterano.

• He was knighted into the Academy of St Luke by Pope Clement XI.

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