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Overview The modern understanding of Giovanni Antonio Galli, called lo Spadarino (Rome, 1585-1652), has been hard-won. His biography is fragmentary, his corpus remains uncertain, and much of the scholarship depends on close documentary and stylistic work. Rather than attempt a full reconstruction, this article begins from the more stable parts of the record, before turningContinue reading “Spadarino: The Angelo custode and the Convito degli dei”