Giovanni Salvi Da Sassoferrato

 

Giovanni Battista Salvi (1609–1685), known as Sassoferrato, was an Italian Baroque painter celebrated for his serene and meticulously executed devotional paintings, particularly of the Virgin Mary. His style, rooted in the classical clarity of Raphael and the idealized forms of Perugino, adapted Renaissance traditions to the devotional tastes of 17th-century Rome.

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