Giovanni Battista Gaulli

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, also known as Baciccio or Baciccia, was an Italian artist working in the High Baroque and early Rococo periods. He is best known for his grand illusionistic vault frescos in the Church of the Gesù in Rome, Italy. His work was influenced by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

8 May 1639

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Born in the same month (May 1639): Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland