Giannicola di Paolo

Giannicola di Paolo (c. 1460–1544[1]), also known as Giannicola di Paolo Manni or Smicca, was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Perugia. He was born in Città della Pieve. His most prominent work is the Madonna delle Grazie in the Duomo of Perugia. He was a pupil of Pietro Perugino, but was also influenced by Raphael.[2] The Museo Gazzola in Piacenza has one of his works.[3]

Madonna delle Grazie, fresco, church of Sant'Agostino, Perugia

References

1. Other sources cite dates as 1493-1544: Disegni degli Uffizi, Ministerio della Pubblica Istruzione, Issue 12, Volume 1, Tipografia dei Fratelli Bencini, 1893, p. 427
2. Augustinian art website.
3. Museo Gazzola.

• Farquhar, Maria (1855). Ralph Nicholson Wornum (ed.). Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006. p. 123.