Giovanni Stefano Verdura was a 17th-century

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painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in

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and later in the

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. He was a disciple of the Genoese painter

Domenico Fiasella Domenico Fiasella (12 August 1589 – 19 October 1669) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa. He was nicknamed ''Il Sarzana'', after his birthplace. Biography He was born in c, the son of Giovanni Fiasella, a silver ...

. He died of the

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in 1657.

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