Fra' Galgario
(1655–1743) Lombard Minim friar and painter (1655-1743)
Fra' Galgario (1655–1743) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Fra' Galgario belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Fra' Galgario was born in Bergamo and died in Chiesa del Galgario. The teachers included Giacomo Cotta and Bartolomeo Bianchini. Fra' Galgario worked in Venice, Milan, Venice, and Bergamo.
The best-known works include ‘Portrait of an Old Lady’ and ‘Portrait of a member of the Secco Suardo family’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 26 works by Fra' Galgario with free images. The dated works span the years 1680–1750. Works by Fra' Galgario are held by several collections, among them Accademia Carrara, Département des peintures du Louvre, Gallerie dell'Accademia, and Musée d'art et d'histoire de Narbonne. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jan van Kessel den yngre, Antonio Bellucci, Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, Nicodemus Tessin d.y., and Louis de Boullogne d.y..