Giovanni Battista Stefaneschi

Giovanni Battista Stefaneschi (1582–1659) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He is also called the Eremita di Monte Senario. Born in Florence. He was a pupil of the painter Andrea Commodi. In Florence, he labored for was Ferdinand II Medici, Duke of Tuscany, influenced by Jacopo Ligozzi and Pietro da Cortona.

Giovanni Battista Stefaneschi

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  • Pilkington, Matthew (1798). The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters. London. p. 636.