Carloni, Giovanni Andrea (2)

Carloni, Giovanni Andrea (1)

a reputable Genoese painter, was born in 1590, and studied under Sorri and Passignani at Florence, where he became an able fresco-painter. He assisted his brother in the great fresco work in the Cathedral of the Guastato, at Genoa, and was invited to Rome to paint the ceiling of the Church of the Theatines, which he did not live to finish. He died in 1630. See Spooner, Biog., Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gneral, s.v.

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Carloni, Giovanni Andrea (2)

a Genoese painter, the son of Giovainni Battista, was born in 1639, and studied with his father a few years, after which he went to Venice and remained some time, and then returned to Genoa. Some of his pictures are at Rome, in the different churches. His earlier ones are at Perugia, and The Life of St. Feliciano is in the church of that saint at Foligno. He died in 1697. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gneral, s.v.

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature