Antonio Gherardi

Antonio Gherardi (Il Reatino) (20 September 1638 – 10 May 1702) was an Italian painter, architect, and sculptor (stuccoist) of the Baroque style, active mainly in and near Rome and his native city of Rieti.

Antonio was born in Rieti to Stefano and Giulia Poggi Tatoti, but when he moved to Rome (c. 1656) he changed his name.

Two years later Bulgarini sponsored his travel to Rome, and introduced him to his future mentors, Pier Francesco Mola and Pietro da Cortona.

[1] That same year he began work on scenes from the life of St.Francesco Solano for the Astalli Chapel at Santa Maria in Ara Coeli.

[3] Gherardi drew freely on forms and ideas of Bernini, Borromini, and Cortona.