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Antonio Maria Vassallo (c. 1620-1664/1673) was an Italian painter of the
/ref> 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
Artnet biography from Grove encyclopedia of Art
1620s births 1660s deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Genoa Italian Baroque painters Italian still life painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub
Antonio Maria Vassallo (c. 1620-1664/1673) was an Italian painter of the Baroque
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period, active mainly in Genoa
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, and painting mythologic scenes and still lifes
A still life (: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or human-made (drinking glasses, books, ...
.Antonio Maria Vassallo – Biography/ref> 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
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artist who had studied with Teniers the Elder and Rubens
Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( ; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of clas ...
. Vassallo appears to have been influenced by his fellow Genoese Sinibaldo Scorza and Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (baptized 23 March 16095 May 1664) was an Italian Baroque painter, printmaker and draftsman, of the Genoese school (painting), Genoese school. He is best known now for his etchings, and as the inventor of the printm ...
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He painted a ''St. Francis with Three female saints'' (1648) for the church of San Gerolamo in Quarto. Vassallo also painted a ''Martyrdom of Saint Marcello Mastrilli
Marcello Francesco Mastrilli (1603 – October 17, 1637) was an Italian Jesuit missionary who was martyred in Japan on Mount Unzen during the Tokugawa Shogunate, which had banned Christianity in 1614. After sailing for Japan to find and possibly ...
(1664) for the Convento di Carignano.''Martyrdom ...'' now in private collection.
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).
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Artnet biography from Grove encyclopedia of Art
1620s births 1660s deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Genoa Italian Baroque painters Italian still life painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub