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Giovanni Gaspare Lanfranco - Madonna and Child with Young John the Baptist

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Giovanni Gaspare Lanfranco - Madonna and Child with Young John the Baptist
Artist: Giovanni Gaspare Lanfranco - Title: Madonna and Child with Young John the Baptist - Medium: Fine Art Reproduction Giclee on Canvas - Image Size: Approximately 32 inches x 24.75 inches - Unframed on Unstretched Canvas - Biography: Giovanni Gaspare Lanfranco was born in Parma, the third son of Stefano and Cornelia Lanfranchi, and was placed as a page in the household of Count Orazio Scotti. His talent for drawing allowed him to begin an apprenticeship with the Bolognese artist Agostino Carracci, brother of Annibale Carracci, working alongside fellow Parmese Sisto Badalocchio in the local Farnese palaces. When Agostino died in 1602, both young artists moved to Annibale's large and prominent Roman workshop, which was then involved in working on the Galleria Farnese in the Palazzo Farnese gallery ceiling. Lanfranco is considered to have contributed to the panel of Polyphemus and Galatea (replica in Doria Gallery) and some minor works in the room.