Cassana
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The Cassana were a family of Italian
Baroque
painters of the 17th and early 18th centuries.
Family members included:
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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...
painters of the 17th and early 18th centuries.
Family members included:
- Giovanni Francesco CassanaGiovanni Francesco CassanaGiovanni Francesco Cassana was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa. He was a pupil of the painter Strozzi. His pupils include his son Niccolò Cassana, Niccolò Bambini, and Giovanni Battista Langetti. He was known as a portrait artists. He passed some time at the Court...
(1611–1691), baroque painter of the Genovese school. - Abbate Giovanni Agostino CassanaGiovanni Agostino CassanaThe 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...
(1658-1720), son of Giovanni Francesco - Niccolò CassanaNiccolo CassanaNiccolò Cassana was an Italian painter born in Venice and active during the late-Baroque. His older brother Giovanni Agostino Cassana was also a painter....
or Nicoletto (1659-1714), son of Giovanni Francesco - Giovanni Battista CassanaGiovanni Battista CassanaGiovanni Battista Cassana was an Italian painter. He was born the youngest son of Giovanni Francesco Cassana. He excelled in painting fruit, flowers, and still-life.-References:...
(1668-1738), son of Giovanni Francesco - Maria Vittoria CassanaMaria Vittoria CassanaMaria Vittoria Cassana was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque. She was the daughter of Giovanni Francesco Cassana. She painted small pictures of religious subjects for private collections.-References:...
(d. 1711), sister or daughter of Giovanni Francesco