Antonio Maria Vassallo
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Antonio Maria Vassallo was an Italian
painter of the Baroque
period, active mainly in Genoa
, and painting mythologic scenes and still lifes.
His biography is poorly documented, and mainly depends on the Genoese biographer Raffaele Soprani (1674) as a source. He initially apprenticed with Vincenzo Malò (c. 1605-c. 1650), a Flemish artist who had studied with Teniers the Elder
and Rubens. Vassallo appears to have been influenced by his fellow Genoese Sinibaldo Scorza
and Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
.
He painted a St. Francis with Three female saints (1648) for the church of San Gerolamo in Quarto. Vassallo also painted a Martyrdom of Saint Marcello Mastrilli
(1664) for the Convento di Carignano.
Vassallo also painted portraits, yet no portraits by Vassallo are known at present.
The closest follower of Vassallo's still-life style is Giovanni Agostino Cassana
(c. 1658-1720).
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, active mainly in 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....
, and painting mythologic scenes and still lifes.
His biography is poorly documented, and mainly depends on the Genoese biographer Raffaele Soprani (1674) as a source. He initially apprenticed with Vincenzo Malò (c. 1605-c. 1650), a Flemish artist who had studied with Teniers the Elder
David Teniers the Elder
David Teniers the Elder , Flemish painter, was born at Antwerp.-Biography:Having received his first training in the painter's art from his brother Juliaen, he studied under Rubens in Antwerp, and subsequently under Elsheimer in Rome; he became a member of the Antwerp guild of painters in...
and Rubens. Vassallo appears to have been influenced by his fellow Genoese Sinibaldo Scorza
Sinibaldo Scorza
Sinibaldo Scorza was an Italian painter, draughtsman and etcher.He was born into a wealthy aristocratic family from Voltaggio , his father being the Conte Scorza di Voltaggio, and he received a literary and humanist education...
and Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Giovanni 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...
.
He painted a St. Francis with Three female saints (1648) for the church of San Gerolamo in Quarto. Vassallo also painted a Martyrdom of Saint Marcello Mastrilli
Marcello Mastrilli
Marcello Francesco Mastrilli was an Italian Jesuit missionary who was martyred in Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate, which had banned Christianity in 1614. After sailing for Japan out to find and possibly reconvert the notorious apostate Christavao Ferreira, who went to Japan and renounced his...
(1664) for the Convento di Carignano.
Vassallo also painted portraits, yet no portraits by Vassallo are known at present.
The closest follower of Vassallo's still-life style is Giovanni Agostino Cassana
Giovanni Agostino Cassana
The Abbate Giovanni Agostino Cassana was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was a son of Giovanni Francesco Cassana and an elder brother of Niccoló. He was born at Genoa, and was initially instructed by his father...
(c. 1658-1720).