Discover painter, draftsperson, court painter Giovanni Ambrogio Figino

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: Figino, Ambrogio
Figini, Giovan Ambrogio
Figino, Giovanni Ambrogio da Barbengo
Ambrogio Giovanni da Barbengo

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson, court painter

Nationality/school: Italian

Born: Milaan 1553
probably born in 1553 (Saur 2003, p. 431)

Deceased: Milaan 1608-10-11
died 1608.10.11 (Saur 2003, p. 341)

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Milaan 1564 - 1570
was pupil of Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo; signed a portrait in 1570 (Saur 2003, p. 341)
Genua 1571
was active at the court of the bishop of Aleria, with whom he travelled to Genua (Saur 2003, p. 341)
Lucca (plaats) 1571
was active at the court of the bishop of Aleria, with whom he travelled to Lucca (Saur 2003, p. 341)
Corsica (regio) 1575
was active at the court of the bishop of Aleria, with whom he travelled to Corsica (Saur 2003, p. 341)
Rome 1576
Saur 2003, p. 341
Milaan 1577 - 1607
painted the organ shutters for the Milanese cathedral, 1590-1595; was paid for paintings in the San Vittore del Corpo, 1603-1607 (Saur 2003, p. 341)
Turijn 1605 - 1608
received a commission of duke Carlo Emmanuele I of Savoy (Saur 2003, p. 341)
Milaan 1608

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Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo
Influenced by In contrast with ‘follower of’, we speak of ‘influenced by’ when an artist was influenced outside the context of an educational setting or servile following. An artist can be influenced by several artists at once, or in succession. In addition, there may be question of a transition to a personal style which may demonstrate development.: Borromeo, Carlo
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Galizia, Fede

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: animal painting (genre), history (genre), nude figure, portrait, Christian religious scene, mythology

Product: design for ceiling decoration

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 2 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 11 (1915), p. 548-549
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 97 (as: Figino, Ambrogio Giovanni)
Turner et al. 1996 , vol. 11 (1996), p. 64-65
Saur 1992- , vol. 39 (2003), p. 431
Bénézit 2006 , vol. 5 (2006), p. 691

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Project: Gerson Digital : Italy

External links: this artist in Treccani

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Creation date: 1991-12-14; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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