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Silvestro Chiesa (1623-1657) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa. He was a pupil of Luciano Borzone. Died as a young man during the plague in 1657.
Artists from Genoa were influential during the 17th century. Many painters emigrated to either Venice, Florence, or Rome. Prominent stimuli to the local artists were prolonged visits to the town of artists from Spain and countries north of Italy, including Velázquez, Van Dyck, and Pierre Puget.
Giuseppe Badaracco (1588–1657), also called “Il Sordo”, was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa, in Liguria and in the island of Corsica.
Bartolomeo Biscaino (1632–1657) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in his native Genoa.
Luciano Borzone was an Italian painter of a late-Mannerist and early-Baroque styles active mainly in his natal city of Genoa.
Cesare Corte (1554–1613) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa.
Events from the year 1657 in art.
Events from the year 1613 in art.
Giovanni Paolo Oderico (1613–1657) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa. He was born in Genoa. One of many sons to a lesser nobleman, Tomasso Oderico, he showed affinity to painting, and was apprenticed to the Genoese painter Domenico Fiasella.
Francesco Merano (1619–1657) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa, where he was born. He was one of the pupils of the Genoese Domenico Fiasella. Merano was also known as il Paggio. He married the niece of the painter Giovanni Andrea de' Ferrari.
Giovanni Stefano Verdura was a 17th-century Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa and later in the Piedmont. He was a disciple of the Genoese painter Domenico Fiasella. He died of the plague in 1657.
Giovanni Battista Mainero was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa. He was the pupil of the painter Luciano Borzone. He died during the plague of 1657.
Giovanni Battista Monti was an Italian painter of portraits during the Baroque period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa. He emerged from a poor family, and was apprenticed with Luciano Borzone. He died from the plague in 1657.
Giovanni Andrea Biscaino was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, described by the Grove Dictionary of Art as a "mediocre landscape painter". He was born in Genoa. He was the father and teacher of the painter, etcher and draughtsman Bartolomeo Biscaino. He died at Genoa of the plague in 1657.
Republic of Genoa was rich oligarchic republic, where the authorities were powerful bankers. In the Renaissance, Genoa was not developed into significant arts center, as it was for Florence, Ferrara, Rome, Rimini, and Venice. But in the 17th century Genoa had an original school of painting, called Genoese School, which was to develop Flemish contacts. The best painter was Bernardo Strozzi, called il Cappuccino, of great importance also for Venice. Giovanni Castiglione, called Il Grecchetto, took up a genre already made famous by Sinibaldo Scorza with paintings of animals and still lifes under Flemish and Venetian influence. Domenico Fiasella and Gioacchino Assereto joined the Caravaggesque followers, while Valerio Castello was more eclectic. The decorators Domenico Piola and Gregorio de Ferrari worked in the churches and palaces of Genoa.
Genova was a newspaper published in Genoa from 1642 to 1684. This newspaper had sometime additional titles: in a few issues the addition was Il Sincero, other issues had the additional title Il Botticelli, while two issues had only as title the year in Latin digits.
Agostino Spinola was the 125th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica.
GiaGiovanni Battista Lercari was the 106th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica.
Agostino Centurione was the 110th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica.
Giovanni Luca Chiavari was the 98th Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
Giacomo De Franchi Toso was the 109th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica.
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