Antonio Maria Vassallo

Antonio Maria Vassallo (c. 1620-1664/1673) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa, and painting mythologic scenes and still lifes. [http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pbio?31550 Antonio Maria Vassallo - Biography ] ]

His biography is poorly documented, and mainly depends on the Genoese biographer Raffaele Soprani (1674) as a source. He initially apprenticed with Vincenzo Malò (c. 1605-c. 1650), a Flemish artist who had studied with Teniers the Elder and Rubens. Vassallo appears to have been influenced by his fellow Genoese Sinibaldo Scorza and Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione.

He painted a "St. Francis with Three female saints" (1648) for the church of San Gerolamo in Quarto [ St. Francis and three saints" now in Palazzo Bianco, Genoa.] . Vassallo also painted a "Martyrdom of Saint Marcello Mastrilli"' (1664) for the Convento di Carignano [ "Martyrdom ..." now in private collection.] .Vassallo also painted portraits, yet no portraits by Vassallo are known at present.

The closest follower of Vassallo's still-life style is Giovanni Agostino Cassana (c. 1658-1720).

References

* [http://www.artnet.com/library/08/0882/T088260.asp Artnet biography from Grove encyclopedia of Art]