Giovanni Cinqui

Giovanni Cinqui or Giovanni del Cinque was an Italian painter.

Biography

Born in Scarperia, he trained in Florence under Pietro Dandini. He worked in the court of Cosimo [III de' Medici|Cosimo III]. He painted in the Villa Medicea dell'Ambrogiana, the Palazzo [di Gino Capponi] in Florence, the Oratory of the Villa Medicea di Lilliano, and for the church of Santa Rosa at Viterbo.
He painted the 149 scenes of a series on the life of Christ that is currently kept in the oratory of the Royal [Palace of Riofrío|Royal Palace of Riofrio] in Segovia, acquired by the king Philip V of Spain.