Giovan Battista Foggini
(1652–1725) Italian artist (1652-1725)
Giovan Battista Foggini (1652–1725) is listed in the catalogue as a sculptor. By year of birth, Giovan Battista Foggini belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Giovan Battista Foggini was born in Florence and died in Florence. Giovan Battista Foggini studied under Ciro Ferri. Giovan Battista Foggini worked in Florence. Wikidata associates Giovan Battista Foggini with Baroque. The students included Ferdinando Fuga.
The best-known works include ‘Bust of Amerigo Vespucci’, ‘Cardinal Gian Carlo de' Medici’, ‘Portrait of Cosimo III de' Medici’, and ‘Portrait of Cosimo the 3rd de' Medici’. The catalogue has 6 works by Giovan Battista Foggini with free images. The dated works span the years 1681–1722. Works by Giovan Battista Foggini are held by drawings in the National Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sculptures in the National Gallery of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Cristóbal Hernández de Quintana, Niccolò Bambini, Luisa Roldán, Elias van den Broeck, and Jan Griffier.