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Francesco Guerreri

Saint Agatha visited in prison by Saint Peter and the Angel

Biography of Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri

Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri (1589-1655) was an Italian Caravaggisti painter. Born in Fossombrone in the Marche region, in 1606 he went to Rome where he studied under some notable artists including Orazio Gentileschi, father of Artemisia. Returning home in 1614, he completed two versions of the work Miracles of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino. Guerrieri made a second visit to Rome and earned a commission from Marcantonio II to do some frescoes and paintings. Upon completion, he returned home again and continued to paint until, after an incident in which his wife and daughter were killed, Guerrieri moved to Pesaro to live with his other daughter Camilla, who was also a painter. He died in Pesaro in 1655.

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