PARODI, Italian family of artists

Giovanni Battista Parodi I (active early 17th century) was a wood-carver, and his son Filippo Parodi (1630-1702) was a sculptor and wood-carver. The reputations of Filippo's sons, Domenico Parodi (1668-1740)) and Giovanni Battista Parodi II (1674-1730), were primarily based on their fresco paintings, though Domenico was also active in other fields. Giovanni Battista Parodi II is best known for his vault (1706) in San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, and vault medallions (c. 1706) in Santa Maria dell'Orto, Rome. Most of his career was spent outside Genoa, in Milan and Bergamo, and, in contrast with his brother's frescoes, the figures in his works are generally more distinctly outlined and set in highly detailed still-life compositions.