Odazzi, Giovanni

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Giovanni Odazzi Rome (1663–1731)

• Was an Italian painter and etcher, active mainly in Rome.
• He was a pupil of Ciro Ferri, then worked under the guidance of Giovanni Battista Gaulli.
• He also worked with Cornelis Bloemaert.
• He frescoed the cupola of the cathedral of San Bruno in Velletri.
• He also painted altarpieces for Santa Maria degli Angeli, a Dream of Joseph for Santa Maria della Scala, San Clemente, a San Ciriaco for Santa Maria in Via Lata and San Giovanni in Laterano.
• He was knighted into the Academy of St Luke by Pope Clement XI.
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Sketch for The Revolt of Cairo (1809-1810)

Giovanni Odazzi, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, ca. 1720-1730

Original, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland. Visited in 2021.

Giovanni Odazzi, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, ca. 1720-1730

Giovanni Odazzi, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, ca. 1720-1730

Giovanni Odazzi, Saint Gregory the Great Interceding for Souls in Purgatory

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2023.

Giovanni Odazzi, Saint Gregory the Great Interceding for Souls in Purgatory