Luciano Borzone
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Luciano Borzone was an Italian
painter of the Baroque
period (although painting in a slightly more antique style), active mainly in his natal city of Genoa
.
After an apprenticeship with apprenticeship with Filippo Bertolotto, his uncle, he was guided by the Duke of Massa Alberigo to be a pupil of Carlo Corte. He was a prominent portrait painter. In Genoa, he painted the Presentation in the Temple for the church of San Domenico, and the Baptism of Christ for the church of Santo Spirito. Supposedly died from a fall from scaffolding while painting a picture of a Nativity for ceiling of the Nunziata del Vastato
. His three sons, Giovanni Battista and Carlo (both who died of the plague in 1657), and Maria Francesco (1625–1679) were also painters. Additional disciples were Giovanni Battista Mainero
, Giovanni Battista Monti
, Giovacchino Assereto, and Silvestro Chiesa
.
He etched some plates from his own compositions: Portrait of Giustiniani; St. Peter delivered from Prison; Prometheus devoured by the Vulture; Children playing; and a set of devout subiects. Maria Francesco, the third son, excelled in painting landscapes and sea-pieces in the style of Lorrain
and Pouissin, and came to be employed at the court of Louis XIV. He was born in 1625, and died in 1679.
Italy
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painter of the Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period (although painting in a slightly more antique style), active mainly in his natal city of Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
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After an apprenticeship with apprenticeship with Filippo Bertolotto, his uncle, he was guided by the Duke of Massa Alberigo to be a pupil of Carlo Corte. He was a prominent portrait painter. In Genoa, he painted the Presentation in the Temple for the church of San Domenico, and the Baptism of Christ for the church of Santo Spirito. Supposedly died from a fall from scaffolding while painting a picture of a Nativity for ceiling of the Nunziata del Vastato
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato
The Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato is a Catholic cathedral in Genoa, northern Italy; its decoration employed the major baroque studios and artists in Genoa in the 17th century....
. His three sons, Giovanni Battista and Carlo (both who died of the plague in 1657), and Maria Francesco (1625–1679) were also painters. Additional disciples were Giovanni Battista Mainero
Giovanni Battista Mainero
Giovanni Battista Mainero was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa. He was the pupil of the painter Luciano Borzone. He died during the plague of 1657.-References:...
, Giovanni Battista Monti
Giovanni Battista Monti
Giovanni Battista Monti was an Italian painter of portraits during the Baroque period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa. He emerged from a poor family, and was apprenticed with Luciano Borzone. He died from the plague in 1657.-References:...
, Giovacchino Assereto, and Silvestro Chiesa
Silvestro Chiesa
Silvestro Chiesa was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa. He was a pupil of Luciano Borzone. Died as a young man during the plague in 1657.-References:...
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He etched some plates from his own compositions: Portrait of Giustiniani; St. Peter delivered from Prison; Prometheus devoured by the Vulture; Children playing; and a set of devout subiects. Maria Francesco, the third son, excelled in painting landscapes and sea-pieces in the style of Lorrain
Claude Lorrain
Claude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English Claude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English (also Claude Gellée, his real name, or in French Claude Gellée, , dit le Lorrain) Claude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English (also Claude Gellée, his real name, or in French...
and Pouissin, and came to be employed at the court of Louis XIV. He was born in 1625, and died in 1679.