The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Assistant of Giovanni Battista Canini ( - fl. 1650)
Identified as such on the back of a portrait of John Bargrave, evidently an understudy of the artist (Sturdy and Hening). Relationships: Assistant of Giovanni Battista Canini was a employed by Giovanni Battista Canini (1609-1666)Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - The Gentle Traveller: John Bargrave, Canon of Canterbury, and His Collection.
References in Documents:
Gentle Traveller (Curatorial catalogue) (l) AN ASSISTANT OF GIOVANNI BATTISTA CANINI , oval half-length portrait of John Bargrave , aged 40, with the Bargrave arms on left. Painted while he was tutor
to Lord Stanhope in Rome in 1650 . Oil on copper, H: 9.5 cms. B68 .