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Giovanni Battista Paggi

Giovanni Battista Paggi (1554–1627) was a painter, art theorist and artist.

Also recorded as Giovanni Batta Paggi · Giovanni Battista Page · Giovanni Batta Poggi · Giovanni Battista Pagi

Giovanni Battista Paggi

"This miniature is one of the collection of copies of 224 self-portraits by artists in the Uffizi Palace, Florence, that Lord Cowper, the art collector and patron, commissioned Giuseppe Macpherson (1726-1780) to paint. He presented the miniatures to King George III in two batches, in 1773 and 1786. Macpherson followed the original self-portraits quite closely, but copied only the head and shoulder

Giuseppe Macpherson / After Giovanni Battista Paggi · Royal Collection RCIN 421296 · Public domain

Born
1554 · Genoa.
Died
1627 · Genoa.
Nationality
Republic of Genoa
Occupation
painter · art theorist · artist
Known for
Monastero della Visitazione · Madonna with Child and Angels and Saints

In this article

  1. 01Biography
  2. 02Notes, references and evidence

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