Andrea Carlone (16 May 1626 – 4 April 1697) was an Italian painter of the

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, active mainly in his natal city of

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. He was the son of the painter

Giovanni Battista Carlone Giovanni Battista Carlone (1603–1684) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa. Biography Carlone was born and died in Genoa. He came from a family of artists: his father Taddeo, uncle, and cousins were sculptors, ...

and Niccoletta Scorza. He traveled and painted extensively through Italy. After initial work with his father, he traveled to

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for a few years. His first works were pictures at the church of the Gesù at

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, and the ''Life of St. Felician'' in the church of that saint at

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. He went afterwards to

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to the studio of

Carlo Maratta Carlo Maratta or Maratti (18 May 162515 December 1713) was an Italian Baroque painter and Drawing, draughtsman, active principallly in Rome where he was the leading painter in the second half of the 17th century. He was a fresco and canvas painte ...

. He married in Rome, with the sister of Perruchi, the personal secretary (Maggiordomo) for Marchese Costaguti. His brother Niccolò was also a painter.

Works

*''Life of St. Felician'', San Feliciano (St. Felician) church, Foligno *''The Glory of St. Francis Borgia'' *''Aurora (The Dawn)'' (1678), National Gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana

References

* * 1626 births 1697 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Genoa Italian Baroque painters Pupils of Carlo Maratta {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub