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Paolo Gerolamo Piola

Paolo Gerolamo Piola

Italian painter

Paolo Gerolamo Piola (1666–1724) was an Italian painter during the Baroque period, residing mainly in Genoa. His father, Domenico Piola, was a prominent Genoese painter. Paolo Gerolamo was very active painting sacred subjects and frescoes.[1]

Fresco by Piola, Villa Carola, Sori (Genoa). Photo by Paolo Monti, 1964

He was sent to study in Rome by his father, where he supposedly studied the work of Caracci, and studied under Carlo Maratta. Returning to Genoa, his father found his style ponderous. He was ultimately praised for his designs, and canvases for the church of Santa Maria di Carignano.[2]

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    Staatsgalerie of Stuttgart design exhibit.
  2. [2]
    Boni, Filippo de' (1852). Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione.. Venice; Googlebooks: Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio. p. 790.


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