Genoese Baroque and Rococo artists
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Artists from Genoa were influential during the 17th century. Many painters emigrated to either Venice, Florence, or Rome. Prominent stimuli to the local artists were prolonged visits to the town of artists from Spain and countries north of Italy, including Velázquez
, Van Dyck, and Pierre Puget.
Diego Velázquez
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period, important as a portrait artist...
, Van Dyck, and Pierre Puget.
17th century
- Bernardo StrozziBernardo StrozziBernardo Strozzi was a prominent and prolific Italian Baroque painter born and active mainly in Genoa, and also active in Venice.-Biography:Strozzi was born in Genoa. He was probably not related to the other Strozzi family....
(1581-1644) - Giovanni Benedetto CastiglioneGiovanni Benedetto CastiglioneGiovanni Benedetto Castiglione was an Italian Baroque artist, painter, printmaker and draftsman, of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his elaborate engravings, and as the inventor of the printmaking technique of monotyping. He was known as Il Grechetto in Italy and in France as Le...
(1609-1664) - Giovanni Battista GaulliGiovanni Battista GaulliGiovanni Battista Gaulli , also known as Baciccio, Il Baciccio or Baciccia , was a painter of the Italian High Baroque verging onto that of the Rococo...
(1639-1709) - Giovanni Battista CarloneGiovanni Battista CarloneGiovanni Battista Carlone was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa.Carlone was born and died in Genoa. He came from a family of artists: his father Taddeo was a sculptor and his older brother Giovanni Bernardo Carlone, a well-trained painter. He may have had some...
(1653-55) - Alessandro MagnascoAlessandro MagnascoAlessandro Magnasco , also known as il Lissandrino, was an Italian late-Baroque painter active mostly in Milan and Genoa...
(1667-1749) - Domenico FiasellaDomenico FiasellaDomenico Fiasella was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa. He was nicknamed Il Sarzana, after his birthplace.-Biography:...
(1589–1669) - Luca Cambiaso (1527-1585)
- Pierre Puget (1622-1694)
- Valerio CastelloValerio CastelloValerio Castello was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was very active during his short life in Genoa.He was the youngest son of Bernardo Castello, who died when Valerio was six year old...
(1624-1659) - Giovanni Andrea De FerrariGiovanni Andrea de FerrariGiovanni Andrea de Ferrari was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa. He was a member of the family of Genoese artists, with surnames de Ferrari, which also included Orazio de Ferrari and Gregorio De Ferrari. He collaborated on some projects with Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo...
(1598-1669) - Orazio De FerrariOrazio de FerrariOrazio de Ferrari was an Italian artist, active in the Baroque period, born in Voltri, a suburb of Genoa. de Ferrari was a pupil of Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo. He was a member of the family of Genoese artists, with surnames de Ferrari, which also included Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari and Gregorio De...
(1606-1657) - Gregorio De FerrariGregorio De FerrariGregorio de Ferrari was an Italian Baroque painter of the Genoese school.-Biography:De Ferrari was born in Porto Maurizio. He came to Genoa to study law but instead became a painter. He apprenticed with Domenico Fiasella from 1664–69, and in this period he may have painted in the style of...
(c.1647-1726) - Lorenzo De Ferrari (1680-1744)
- Valerio CastelloValerio CastelloValerio Castello was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was very active during his short life in Genoa.He was the youngest son of Bernardo Castello, who died when Valerio was six year old...
(1625-1659) - Bartolomeo BiscainoBartolomeo BiscainoBartolomeo Biscaino was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in his native Genoa. He was the son, and first a pupil of Giovanni Andrea Biscaino. He afterwards became a pupil of Valerio Castelli. His career was cut short by the plague, which visited Genoa, to which his father and...
(1632-1657) - Giulio BensoGiulio BensoGiulio Benso was a Genovese painter of the early Baroque. He is known as one of the followers of the style of Luca Cambiasi....
(1592-1668) - Domenico PiolaDomenico PiolaDomenico Piola was a Genoese painter of the Baroque period. His family studio was highly prolific.-Biography:Piola was an Italian painter, draughtsman, printmaker and designer...
(1627-1703) - Giovanni Andrea AnsaldoGiovanni Andrea Ansaldothumb|320px|The dome of the Annunziata, Genoa.Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo was an Italian painter active mainly in Genoa.He was born in Voltri, now part of the comune' of Genoa, the son of a merchant. He trained under Orazio Cambiaso and possibly collaborated with Bernardo Strozzi...
(1584-1638) - Gioacchino AsseretoGioacchino AsseretoGioacchino Assereto was an Italian painter of the early Baroque period, active in Genoa.He initially apprenticed with Luciano Borzone and later Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo. He painted two vault frescoes in the church of Santissima Annunziata del Vastato: David and Abimelech and Santi Giovanni and...
(1600-1649) - Francesco Maria SchiaffinoFrancesco Maria SchiaffinoFrancesco Maria Schiaffino was an Italian sculptor of the Rococo or late-Baroque, mainly active in his native city of Genoa....
- Filippo ParodiFilippo ParodiFilippo Parodi was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period, "Genoa's first and greatest native Baroque sculptor".-Biography:...
- Giuseppe BadaraccoGiuseppe BadaraccoGiuseppe Badaracco , also called “Il Sordo” , was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa, in Liguria and in Corse....
(1588-1657) - Giovanni Raffaello Badaracco (1648-1726)
- Giovanni Stefano VerduraGiovanni Stefano VerduraGiovanni Stefano Verdura was a 17th century Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa and later in the Piedmont. He was a disciple of the Genoese painter Domenico Fiasella. He died of the plague in 1657.-Sources:....
- Carlo Antonio TavellaCarlo Antonio TavellaCarlo Antonio Tavella was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa.Tavella was born in Milan to a Genoese merchant, and died in Genoa. He was initially the pupil of the painter Giuseppe Merati, then later of a painter by the name of Johann Gruembroech or Greuenbrech,...
(1668-1738) - Giuseppe PalmieriGiuseppe PalmieriGiuseppe Palmieri was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period.Palmieri was born in Genoa. Orphaned as a baby, he came into the care of an uncle. As a boy, after his uncle died, he was apprenticed to an unidentified Tuscan painter, with whom he travelled through Italy, including a long stay...
(1674-1740)