Antonio Maria Vassallo
Antonio Maria Vassallo (c. 1620-1664/1673) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa, and painting mythologic scenes and still lifes.[1]
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.[1]
He painted a St. Francis with Three female saints (1648) for the church of San Gerolamo in Quarto.[2] Vassallo also painted a Martyrdom of Saint Marcello Mastrilli' (1664) for the Convento di Carignano.[3] 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).[1]
External links
Media related to Antonio Maria Vassallo at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Antonio Maria Vassallo - Biography
- ↑ St. Francis and three saints now in Palazzo Bianco, Genoa.
- ↑ Martyrdom ... now in private collection.