Giovanni Baglione

Giovanni Baglione
Engraving by Ottavio Leoni, 1625
Born1566
Died30 December 1643 (age 77)
Rome
NationalityItalian
Known forPainter and biographer of artists
MovementLate Mannerist, Baroque
Drawing of Saint Catherine, Carried up to Heaven by Angels, c. 1625

Giovanni Baglione (Italian: [d͡ʒoˈvan.ni baʎˈʎoː.ne]; 1566 – 30 December 1643) was an Italian Late Mannerist and Early Baroque painter and art historian. Although a prolific painter, Baglione is best remembered for his encyclopedic collection of biographies of the other artists working in Rome during his lifetime, and particularly his acrimonious relationship with the slightly younger artist Caravaggio through his art and writings.