Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, ca. (1610–1662)

• Was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.
• Romanelli was trained in Rome in the studio of Pietro da Cortona.
• Born in Viterbo to Laura de Angelis and Bartolomeo Romanelli.
• He went to Rome at age 14 to study to become an artist.
• Within a few years became part of the household of Cardinal Francesco Barberini.
• In 1639 he was elected director of the prestigious Academy of Saint Luke.
• Romanelli’s pupils included his son Urbano Romanelli and the painter from Visone, Giovanni Monevi. 

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