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Galeazzo Ghidoni

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Resurrection of the Drowned Child, c. 1620–25, by Galeazzo Ghidoni

Galeazzo Ghidoni or Gidoni (Cremona, late 16th century - early 17th century) was an Italian painter.

Biography

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He was a pupil in Cremona of Antonio Campi. His first activity in Cremona is documented by 1583.[1] His San Giovanni Battista preaching to the crowds (1598) was once in the now destroyed church of San Mattia of Cremona.[2] He was later active in Florence (Cloister of the Ognissanti) and Rome in the early 17th century. His two sons Giovanni Battista and Vicenzo Gidoni were painters in Florence.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Pittura a Cremona dal Romanico al Settecento by Mina Gregori and Luisa Bandera Gregori (1900); Page 287.
  2. ^ Graselli, Giuseppe (1827). Abecedario Biografico dei Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti Cremonesi. Milan: Co’ Torchi D’Omobono Mannini. p. 137.
  3. ^ Notizie Istoriche delle Chiese Fiorentine, Giuseppe Richa S.J., Second part, third volume, page 288.