Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari (1598–1669) was an Italian painter of the

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period, active mainly in

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. A prolific easel painter who created many altarpieces, he was, together with Gioacchino Assereto and Orazio de Ferrari, one of the chief influences on the later development of the Baroque in Genoa.M. Newcome. "Ferrari, Giovanni Andrea de’." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 17 October 2016

Life

He was a member of a prominent Genoese family. His father was Battista de Ferrari. After first dedicating himself to the study of literature he later decided to study art. He was first a pupil of

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and later of Bernardo Strozzi. He also studies the works of

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who had been a resident in Genoa before.Anna Maria Villa, ''DE FERRARI, Giovanni Andrea''
in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 33 (1987)

Work

Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari's subject matter was almost exclusively religious. He was such a close follower of the style of his master Strozzi that some of his pictures have been confused with those of his master. His style distinguishes itself, however, from his master's style through his thinner application of paint and his penchant for expressive van Dyckian heads, tapered hands and tightly rolled drapery sleeves. His paintings also reveal an interest in still-life painting and objects of everyday life, which are expressed with a great spontaneity. He collaborated on some projects with

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. Among his pupils were

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, Giovanni Battista Croce and possibly Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione.

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