Pellegrino Piola was an Italian

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 in Genoa

Genoa

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He was born 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 at the age of twelve, apprenticed with Domenico and Giovanni Battista Capellino. He was the elder brother of the painter Domenico Piola

Domenico Piola

Domenico 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...

. He was murdered during an altercation in Genoa, some claim by either his master or an elder painter envious of his skill. His brother was Domenico Piola

Domenico Piola

Domenico 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...

. Also called Pellegro Piola or "il Pellegro".

Sources

• Handbook for Travellers in Northern Italy: Comprising Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy, Venetia John Murray (1860); p. 120.