Lorenzo de' Ferrari

Lorenzo de' Ferrari (1680-1744) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa.

Lorenzo was the son of Gregorio de' Ferrari and Margherita Piola. His father a painter, and his mother was from the family of Domenico Piola.

He was prolific in Genoa. Among many works, he painted the "glory of the saint" the ceiling of the chapel of Sant Ampeglio in the church of Santo Stefano. He painted "Esther and Assuero" as well as "Judith and Holofernes" the main altarpiece of the church of San Lionardo. He painted ceiling frescoes on the virtues of the ancient Romans for the Palazzo Brignole. He painted frescoes of Roman gods in the palazzo Durazzo.

In 1734, he visited Rome where he is said to have met the major painters, Sebastiano Conca, Marco Benefial, and Mafucci. Returning through Florence, he met Ignazio Hugford and Francesco Maria Niccolo Gabburri. The latter, who was "Luogotenente" of the Accademia di Belli Arti in Florence, helped him get awarded honorary membership on 1 August of 1734

After he returned to Genoa, he painted the "Assumption of the Virgin" for the ceiling of the church of San Sebastiano. He also painted in the Doria palace in San Matteo, near Carloni, and in the church of Gesù, including in the chapel of Saints Stanislao Kostka and Francesco Borgia.

Never married, Lorenzo sometimes wore clerical garb and was nicknamed "l’Abate de’ Ferrari".

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