Giovanni Battista Paggi

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Giovanni Battista Paggi (27 February 1554-1627) was a Genovese painter of the Late-Renaissance and early-Baroque. He is known as one of the followers of the style of Luca Cambiasi and the teacher of Giulio Benso,Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Sinibaldo Scorza, Domenico Fiasella, and Giovanni Andrea Podesta.

Born in a well-to-do family. In an apparent dispute over pay, he is said to have mortally wounded a patron, and was forced to flee Genoa in 1579, and take refuge in Tuscany, in the towns of Aulla sul Magra, then Pisa, and finally to Florence. He joined the Accademia Fiorentina del Disegno in 1568, and shared workspace in Florence with Federico Zuccaro. He returns to Genoa in 1590 under the protection of the Doria family.

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Miracle of Saint Catherine (converting two criminals) - Great Cloister of Santa Maria Novella, Firenze.
Transit of Saint Clare - Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato, Genoa.
Martyrdom of Saint Ursula and the virgins – Duomo, Savona.
Venus with two cupids sharpening arrows’’ -Genoa
Madonna of the Rosary - Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti di Genova, Genoa.
Birth of the Virgin - Cathedral of San Martino, Lucca.
Martyrdom of Sant'Andrea - 1590 Sant'Agostino, Loano.
Annunciation - Cathedral di San Lorenzo, Genoa.
Venus and Cupid - Dulwich Picture Gallery, London.