Giovanni Domenico Ferretti is considered one of the most important painters of the Tuscan Rococo. He began his training in Imola, where his father's family came from. From about 1703, he trained in Florence in the workshops of Tommaso Redi, Sebastiano Galeotti and Felice Torelli. Between 1714 and 1718, Ferretti worked mainly in Florence and Pistoia. The next two years, he lived in Imola before returning to Tuscany. In the following decades, he frescoed numerous churches and palazzi, for instance in Florence, Pistoia, Pisa and Siena. In addition, numerous religious and profane panel paintings by him have survived, including several portraits and a still life. From 1760, he dedicated himself to frescoing the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence. Ferretti continued to frescoe the ceiling of this church until the end of his life. Only three years after his death, the work was completely destroyed by fire.