Gioacchino Assereto
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Gioacchino Assereto was an Italian
painter of the early Baroque
period, active in Genoa
.
He initially apprenticed with Luciano Borzone
and later Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo
. He painted two vault frescoes in the church of Santissima Annunziata del Vastato: David and Abimelech and Santi Giovanni and Pietro healing the lame. He also shows the influence of Bernardo Strozzi
, a tenebrism
moderated by venetian coloristic effects and garbing the subjects in modern peasant garb, in paintings such as Moses obtaining water from the Rock (Prado Museum, Madrid). Orazio de’ Ferrari
may have worked with Assereto in Ansaldo’s studio.
Bibliography: Raffaele Soprani, "Le vite de pittori, scoltori et architetti genovesi", pp.167-173, Genova, 1674.
Roberto Longhi, "L'Assereto", in "Dedalo", VII, p. 362, 1926.
Tiziana Zennaro, "Sull'attività giovanile di Gioacchino Assereto", in "Paragone", n. 549, Novembre 1995.
Camillo Manzitti, "Gioacchino Assereto: tangenze giovanili con Bernardo Strozzi e nuove testimonianze figurative", in "Paragone", n. 61, 2005,
Paintings by Gioacchino Assereto can also be seen at the Detroit Institute of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest,Hungary.
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painter of the early Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period, active in Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
.
He initially apprenticed with Luciano Borzone
Luciano Borzone
Luciano Borzone was an Italian painter of the Baroque period , active mainly in his natal city of Genoa....
and later Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo
Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo
thumb|320px|The dome of the Annunziata, Genoa.Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo was an Italian painter active mainly in Genoa.He was born in Voltri, now part of the comune' of Genoa, the son of a merchant. He trained under Orazio Cambiaso and possibly collaborated with Bernardo Strozzi...
. He painted two vault frescoes in the church of Santissima Annunziata del Vastato: David and Abimelech and Santi Giovanni and Pietro healing the lame. He also shows the influence of Bernardo Strozzi
Bernardo Strozzi
Bernardo Strozzi was a prominent and prolific Italian Baroque painter born and active mainly in Genoa, and also active in Venice.-Biography:Strozzi was born in Genoa. He was probably not related to the other Strozzi family....
, a tenebrism
Tenebrism
Tenebrism, from the Italian tenebroso , is a style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro, where there are violent contrasts of light and dark, and darkness becomes a dominating feature of the image...
moderated by venetian coloristic effects and garbing the subjects in modern peasant garb, in paintings such as Moses obtaining water from the Rock (Prado Museum, Madrid). Orazio de’ Ferrari
Orazio de Ferrari
Orazio de Ferrari was an Italian artist, active in the Baroque period, born in Voltri, a suburb of Genoa. de Ferrari was a pupil of Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo. He was a member of the family of Genoese artists, with surnames de Ferrari, which also included Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari and Gregorio De...
may have worked with Assereto in Ansaldo’s studio.
Sources
Bibliography: Raffaele Soprani, "Le vite de pittori, scoltori et architetti genovesi", pp.167-173, Genova, 1674.
Roberto Longhi, "L'Assereto", in "Dedalo", VII, p. 362, 1926.
Tiziana Zennaro, "Sull'attività giovanile di Gioacchino Assereto", in "Paragone", n. 549, Novembre 1995.
Camillo Manzitti, "Gioacchino Assereto: tangenze giovanili con Bernardo Strozzi e nuove testimonianze figurative", in "Paragone", n. 61, 2005,
Paintings by Gioacchino Assereto can also be seen at the Detroit Institute of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest,Hungary.