Alessandro Casolano
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Alessandro Casolano was an Italian
painter of the late-Renaissance
period, active mainly in Siena
. He was also called Alessandro della Torre. He was born at Siena
, and was the pupil of Ventura Salimbeni
and of Cristoforo Roncalli
. His works are principally in the churches of Siena, but are also to be found in Naples
and Genoa
. He also etched one plate, a Madonna. His son, Ilario Casolano
was also a painter. Among the pupils of Casolani are Bernardino Capitelli
, Sebastiano Folli, and Giovanni Biliverti
.
Italy
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painter of the late-Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
period, active mainly in Siena
Siena
Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008...
. He was also called Alessandro della Torre. He was born at Siena
Siena
Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008...
, and was the pupil of Ventura Salimbeni
Ventura Salimbeni
Ventura di Archangelo Salimbeni was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker and among the last representatives of a style influenced by the earlier Sienese School of Quattrocento-Renaissance....
and of Cristoforo Roncalli
Cristoforo Roncalli
Cristoforo Roncalli was an Italian mannerist painter. He was one of the three painters known as il Pomarancio.Roncalli was born in Pomarance, a town near Volterra...
. His works are principally in the churches of Siena, but are also to be found in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
and 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....
. He also etched one plate, a Madonna. His son, Ilario Casolano
Ilario Casolano
Ilario Casolano was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.He was called Cristofano Casolano by Giovanni Baglione. He was, like his father, Alessandro Casolano, was a pupil of Cavalière Cristoforo Roncalli. He assisted his father in some of his frescoes, and after his death, finished the fresco...
was also a painter. Among the pupils of Casolani are Bernardino Capitelli
Bernardino Capitelli
Bernardino Capitelli was an Italian painter and etcher of the Baroque period.He was born in Siena. He became a pupil of Alessandro Casolani, and then of Rutilio Manetti, and between the years 1622 and 1637 was active in both at Rome and at Siena. Among his etchings are a Portrait of Alessandro...
, Sebastiano Folli, and Giovanni Biliverti
Giovanni Biliverti
Giovanni Biliverti was an Italian painter of the late-Mannerism and early-Baroque period, active mainly in his adoptive city of Florence, as well as Rome. His father had been born in was born at Maastricht. Also known as Giovanni Biliverti. He was the son of the Flemish painter in Florence,...
.