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Artists›Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi

1606

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1938-88-8566
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Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi was an Italian painter, draughtsman, printmaker and architect. He was an accomplished fresco painter of classical landscapes which were popular with leading Roman families.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (25)

River Landscape with View of St. Peter's Basilica

1660 · pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk; framing lines in graphite

Sheet: 11.4 x 26.5 cm (4 1/2 x 10 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Boomgroep aan een meer in een bergachtig landschap

1652 · pen on paper, ink

height: 375 cm, width: 220 cm

Rijksmuseum

Figuurschetsen van een man en een vrouw

1652 · pen on ink, chalk, paper

height: 375 cm, width: 220 cm

Rijksmuseum

A family seated alongside a river

1643 · Etching

Sheet (Trimmed): 10 7/8 × 15 1/4 in. (27.7 × 38.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape with a Family

1643 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Penitent Magdalen

1640 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata

1640 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape with a Luteplayer

1627 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 34.3 × 47 cm (13 9/16 × 18 9/16 in.); Sheet: 34.7 × 47.3 cm (13 11/16 × 18 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landschap met vogel op boomstronk

1627 · etching on paper

width: 381 cm, height: 264 cm

Rijksmuseum

A group of people playing cards at right and a man on horseback at left

1626 · Etching

Sheet (Trimmed): 12 3/4 × 18 1/16 in. (32.4 × 45.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figures Seated by a River

1626 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

34.2 × 24 cm (13 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of Church and Ruins

1626 · Pen and brown ink on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card

14.9 × 30.7 cm (5 7/8 × 12 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape with a Large Tree on the Right and a Distant View of a Town on the Left

1626 · Pen and brown iron gall ink, over charcoal, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream card

21.8 × 31.5 cm (8 5/8 × 12 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A house atop a round rock at center, people in the river and in canoes throughout

1626 · Etching

Sheet (Trimmed): 12 13/16 × 18 1/4 in. (32.6 × 46.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Baptism of Christ at lower left, within a landscape

1626 · Etching

Sheet (Trimmed): 12 11/16 × 17 15/16 in. (32.2 × 45.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three boys in a landscape with a town in the background

1626 · Etching

Sheet (Trimmed): 12 5/8 × 17 5/16 in. (32 × 44 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape with the flight into Egypt

1626 · Etching

Sheet (Trimmed): 12 15/16 × 18 5/16 in. (32.9 × 46.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View of Temple of Vesta, Tivoli

1626 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and blue wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card

15.6 × 25.2 cm (6 3/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of Rome, with via Appia

1626 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card

13.3 × 26.5 cm (5 1/4 × 10 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape with Temple, Obelisk and Aqueduct

1626 · Pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

15 × 21.5 cm (5 15/16 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape with a River and Aqueduct

1625 · pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk

Sheet: 35.7 x 46.3 cm (14 1/16 x 18 1/4 in.); Secondary Support: 45.5 x 59.9 cm (17 15/16 x 23 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Landschap met twee ruiters en een kasteel

1616 · etching on paper

diameter: 192 cm

Rijksmuseum

Landschap met drie mannen in gesprek

1616 · etching on paper

diameter: 193 cm

Rijksmuseum

De heilige Franciscus ontvangt de stigmata

1616 · etching on paper

height: 323 cm, width: 454 cm

Rijksmuseum

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25 published of 25 catalogued · 25 with image

Rijksmuseum
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Art Institute Chicago
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The Met
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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9 entries · 1 sources

Landschap met drie mannen in gesprek
1616 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Landschap met twee ruiters en een kasteel
1616 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Landschap met kruipende man
1616 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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The Penitent Magdalen
1640 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Landscape with a Family
1643 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Landscape with a River and Aqueduct
1625 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata
1640 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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River Landscape with View of St. Peter's Basilica
1660 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Landschap met vogel op boomstronk
1627 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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