Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo (1584 – 1638)

• Was an Italian painter.
• Ansaldo was born in Voltri, now part of the comune of Genoa.
• He trained under Orazio Cambiasi and possibly collaborated with Bernardo Strozzi.
• Two of his pupils were Giuseppe Badaracco and Bartolomeo Bassi.
• One of his descendants was Innocenzo Ansaldo of Pescia (February 12, 1734- February 16, 1816).
• He died in Genoa.
• Ansaldo was responsible for the fresco decoration of the cupola of the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato of Genova, completed during 1635–1638.
• Altarpieces from Ansaldo were commissioned for the Cathedral of Segovia.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Cosimo Colombini, Portrait of Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo, 1769
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