Artist

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato

1609–1685 · born in Sassoferrato · died in Rome

Giovanni Battista Salvi, called Sassoferrato after his home town, was an Italian painter born in 1609. He painted many sweet, smooth pictures of Mary, with deep blue robes, in a style that looked back to Raphael. He died in Rome in 1685.