Giacinto Gimignani (1606–1681)

• Was an Italian painter.
• He was also an engraver of aquaforte.
• Gimignani was born in Pistoia, where his father, Alessio was also a painter.

• Gimignani had been patronized by the prominent Guido Rospigliosi, Cardinal Secretary of State.

• By 1630 his father had arranged for him to travel to Rome, where he is said to have begun training under Poussin, and by 1632 he had transferred to work under Pietro da Cortona.

• In Rome, his first known work is the fresco of the Rest on the Flight to Egypt (1632), a lunette in the chapel of the Palazzo Barberini.

• Among other works in Rome, he painted a San Pio for the church of San Silvestro al Quirinale, and a Martyrdom canvas for the church of Santa Maria a Campo Santo. 

• In Perugia, for the Benedictine church, he painted a St. Benedict meeting Totila, King of the Goths.

• He joined the Accademia di San Luca in 1650.

• He married the daughter of the painter Alessandro Turchi of Verona. 

• He spent his last years back in Tuscany. 

• His son Ludovico Gimignani is also known for his fresco work in Rome. 

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