Artist

Pietro Paolini

Portrait of Pietro Paolini
Portrait of Pietro Paolini

Italian, 1603–1681

Pietro Paolini was an Italian Early Baroque Italian artist. 5 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Pietro Paolini was born in Lucca.

Pietro Paolini, called il Lucchese (3 June 1603 – 12 April 1681) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Working in Rome, Venice and finally his native Lucca, he was a follower of Caravaggio to whose work he responded in a very personal manner. He founded an Academy in his hometown, which formed the next generation of painters of Lucca.

Works by Pietro Paolini

Collections represented

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