Paolo Gerolamo Brusco or Girolamo Brusco (8 June 1742 – 30 March 1820) was a prolific

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painter active in

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. He was also nicknamed ''Bruschetto''.

Biography

Born in

Savona Savona (; lij, Sann-a ) is a seaport and ''comune'' in the west part of the northern Italy, Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea. Savona used to be one of the chie ...

, his father and one of his brothers were employed in painting local

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. Another brother, Giacomo, was a civil engineer. As a young man, he traveled to Rome and was influenced by the Neoclassic style of

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, and may have trained with

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Notizie dei professori del disegno in Liguria dalla fondazione dell' Accademia
Volume 1. (1865), by Federigo Alizeri, Publisher Luigi Sambolini, Genoa, pages 264-268.

Works

* ''St Vincent of Paoli'' in the first chapel to right of the Church of Sant'Andrea Apostolo (Savona). * Stuccowork and frescoes for the Church of San Pietro (Savona). * ''Mysteries of the Rosary'': Canvases for the Church of San Bernardo of

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. * Frescoes in the presbytery for the Church of San Lorenzo of

Cairo Montenotte Cairo Montenotte () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Savona in Liguria, an Italian region located west of Genoa and northwest of Savona. Located in Val Bormida, it is a member of the Comunità Montana Alta Val Bormida. It is co ...

. * Fresco (1810) of St. Martin for the Church of San Martino of

. * Frescoes for the Church of Santissima Trinità in

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. * Frescoes for the Church of San Michele in Celle Ligure. * Canvases and frescoes for the Church of San Nicolò in

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. * Canvases for the Church of San Giovanni Battista of Savona. * Frescoes for the Sanctuary of Nostra Signora delle Grazie al Molo in Genoa. * ''Madonna di Misericordia'' for the Oratory of Nostra Signora di Castello in Savona.

Sources

Treccani Enciclopedia
Dizionario biografico. {{DEFAULTSORT:Brusco, Paolo Gerolamo 1742 births 1820 deaths People from Savona 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists