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| 1617 births | |
| canini, giovanni agnolo | |
| 1666 deaths | |
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He painted some Altar-piece s at Rome, including two admired pictures for the church of San Martino a Monti, representing the martyrdom of St. Stephen and of St. Bartholomew . Having accompanied Cardinal Chigi to France , he was encouraged by the minister Colbert to carry into execution his project of designing from medals, antique gems and similar sources a series of portraits of the most illustrious characters of antiquity, accompanied with memoirs; but shortly after the commencement of the undertaking Canini died at Rome. The work, however, was prosecuted by his brother Marcantonio, who, with the assistance of Jean Picard and Valet , completed and published it in 1699, under the title of ''Iconografia di Giovanni Agnolo Canini''. It contains 50 engravings. A reprint in Italian and French appeared at Amsterdam in 1731. REFERENCE |
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