Giacinto Calandrucci

Originally from Palermo, he moved to Rome with his fellow Palermitan painter and engraver Pietro del Pò.

Like many painters in Rome in his day, then entered the large and prolific studio of Carlo Maratta.

He also painted idyllic pastoral scenes, among them two pictures at Burghley House, Stamford, England.

He also painted in Rome two works for the main altar and the Cimini Chapel in the church of Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi, a Virgin and Child with St Anne and Saints in frescoes and canvases in San Bonaventura (before 1686), a Holy Family with St Anne and a St Anthony of Padua, both in San Paolo alla Regola (c. 1700), and frescoes in Santa Maria dell'Orto (c. 1700–05).

He left behind an abundance of drawings on topics from both historical and religious subjects to acute daily observations.