Giovanni Stefano Verdura was a 17th-century

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painter of the

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period, mainly active in

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and later in the

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. He was a disciple of the Genoese painter

Domenico Fiasella Domenico Fiasella (12 August 1589 – 19 October 1669) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa. He was nicknamed Il Sarzana, after his birthplace of Sarzana nera Genoa. Biography He was the son of Giovanni Fiasella, a ...

. He died of the plague in 1657.

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*. 1657 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Genoa Painters from Piedmont Italian Baroque painters 17th-century deaths from plague (disease) Year of birth unknown Artists from the Republic of Genoa {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub