crowded array of figures is a landmark in Baroque painting with bright golden coloration and energy. Lanfranco was influenced by Correggio's pioneering decoration of the Duomo di Parma. Urban VIII commissioned him a large fresco portraying St. Peter Walking on Waters (1628, now fragmentary), for which Lanfranco gained the title of Knight of the Order of Christ. In 1631, Lanfranco was named Prince (Principe) of the Academy of Saint Luke, the artist's guild in Rome. There is also a fresco by Giovanni Lanfranco above the monument of Pope Clement VIII in Santa Maria Maggiore in (Rome). From 1634 to 1646, Lanfranco began decorating the dome and pendentives of the Jesuit church of the Gesù Nuovo in Naples in 1634–1637. In 1637–1638, he frescoed the nave and choir of the Certosa of San Martino. This was followed by the decoration of Santi Apostoli in 1638–1646 and the dome of the Cappella of San Gennaro in the Cathedral of Naples. These works would invigorate the efforts of the grand manner Napolitan painters of the second half of the 17th century: Preti, Giordano and Solimena. He died in Rome in 1647, where his last work was apse of San Carlo ai Catinari. Legacy and critical assessment Lanfranco was a versatile and eclectic trainee of the Carracci, and continued their tradition with dramatic flair compared to the often restrained Domenichino, who mimicked mainly Annibale's grand manner. Lanfranco explored new styles, bridged traditions, painted in both mannerist and baroque styles, using a tenebrist and the colorist palette. Among his pupils was Giacinto Brandi. Selected works Venus plays the Harp, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome (Palazzo Barberini) Alexander tended by the doctor and Alexander refusing water to drink from his men The Annunciation (c. 1615–1624) San Carlo ai Catinari, Rome Coronation of the Virgin with St. Augustine and St. William of Aquitaine Hagar in the Wilderness (Louvre) Liberation of Saint Peter (c. 1620–21), Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama Palazzo Quirinale frescoes References Sources External links Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi, a fully digitized exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries, which contains material on Giovanni Lanfranco (see index) Lanfranco exhibition in Parma & Rome, with biography and many works Six works by Lanfranco, including Assumption of the Virgin 1582 births 1647 deaths Painters from Parma 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Painters from Rome Fresco painters Catholic painters