Vicente Giner

Vicente Giner (c. 1636-1681) was a Spanish canon and painter of architectural paintings, capricci and vedute, who was active in Rome.

[2] Giner was closely linked with and possibly studied with the prominent architectural painter Viviano Codazzi who had moved to Rome from Naples in 1648.

Giner specialised in painting large and dramatic architectural compositions animated by numerous figures.

Giner may have worked in Codazzi's workshop and they collaborated on a number of occasions although there is no documentary evidence to support this.

[6] The re-attribution of the latter was made by art historian David Marshall in 1987 who argued that the composition was clearly dependent upon Codazzi's paintings of the 1660s, but was executed in a flatter, dull and less precise manner.

[7] His compositions often include figures which represent a religious scene but without attempting to depict a particular biblical episode.

[4] Giner's understanding of perspective is particularly well developed and together with the colourful figures and sense of light his paintings are instantly recognisable.