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Artists›Domenico Piola

Domenico Piola

1627

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Domenico Piola was a Genoese painter of the Baroque period. He was the leading artist in Genoa in the second half of the 17th century, working on ceiling frescoes for many Genoese churches and palaces and canvas paintings for private collectors. His family studio was highly prolific and frequently collaborated with other artists.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (13)

Study for Detail: Saint Veronica

1675 · Brush and brown ink, heightened with white chalk, over black chalk, on gray laid paper

35.7 × 23.8 cm (14 1/16 × 9 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Catafalque of Philip IV of Spain

1660 · Etching

Sheet (Trimmed): 15 3/16 × 9 7/8 in. (38.5 × 25.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Assumption of the Virgin

1648 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper

28.2 × 15.4 cm (11 1/8 × 6 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Allegory of Victory

1647 · Pen and iron gall ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper with blue fibers

24.9 × 17.1 cm (9 13/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Massacre of the Innocents

1647 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper

28.8 × 42 cm (11 3/8 × 16 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Holy Family with Saint Anne and Infant Saint John the Baptist

1647 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper

29.2 × 20.6 cm (11 1/2 × 8 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Descent from the Cross

1647 · Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove card

26.9 × 20.2 cm (10 5/8 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Venus and Cupid in Vulcan's Forge

1627 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over charcoal

7 1/4 x 10 13/16in. (18.4 x 27.4cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wooded Landscape with Two Figures

1627 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash

5 11/16 x 8 7/16in. (14.5 x 21.4cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Putti with the Attributes of the Arts

1627 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over some charcoal

5 9/16 x 7 3/8in. (14.2 x 18.8cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Moses and the Chosen People Behold the Drowning of the Egyptian Army in the Red Sea

1627 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of charcoal

11-3/8 x 16-5/8 in. (28.9 x 42.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Male Figure with a Bow and Arrow Shooting at a Statue of a Woman with a Ball on her Head

1627 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over charcoal

10 1/2 x 15 5/16in. (26.6 x 38.9cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

1627 · Brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over traces of charcoal, on brown paper

15-11/16 x 10-9/16 in. (39.8 x 26.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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