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(2) Lorenzo de’ Ferrari
(b Genoa, 14 Nov 1680; d Genoa, 28 July 1744). Painter, son of (1) Gregorio de’ Ferrari. He was the grandson of Domenico Piola and evolved an independent style based on his grandfather’s and father’s work. He studied by making copies after the work of Guido Reni and Anthony van Dyck (Soprani), and at the age of 12 he accompanied his father to Marseille, where he worked as his assistant. He probably also assisted Gregorio in the restoration of Andrea Ansaldo’s dome in SS Annunziata, Genoa. Lorenzo’s early work was influenced by the graceful, elongated figures, spiralling movement and elaborate quadratura of his father. He also responded to the more academic and balanced style of Genoese artists who had worked in Rome with Carlo Maratti and Giovanni Battista Gaulli, such as Paolo Girolamo Piola, and Domenico Parodi. In his ceiling decoration he often used formulae established by the Casa Piola, such as pairs of ignudi and corner ornament.
Part of the Ferrari, de’ family
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