Domenico Fiasella
(12 August 1589 - 19 October 1669) |
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| Name: |
Domenico Fiasella |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Place of Birth: |
Sarzana, Italy |
| Nationality: |
Italian |
| Birth: |
12 August 1589 |
| Death: |
19 October 1669 |
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Quick Facts
| Known For: |
secular subjects |
| Medium: |
fresco |
| Method: |
fresco |
| Style: |
Baroque |
| Fine Art Profession(s): |
Painter
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Biography
Domenico Fiasella was the son of the goldsmith Giovanni Fiasella. After demonstrating his painting talent by copying Andrea del Sarto's altarpiece in San Francesco, Sarzana original was destroyed in World war II, Domenico was sent at about age eleven to Genoa, where he studied with Paggi and Lomi. He stayed in their schools for six years, after which he departed for Rome in 1607 and stayed until 1616.
In Rome he was active assisting Passignano and Cavaliere d'Arpino. Fiasella reportedly painted a Nativity inspired by his idol Raphael, which earned him many admirers including Reni. Fiasella's Roman patrons included the Marchese Giustiani, for whom he produced various designs. Through contact with Giustiani's collection and others, Fiasella fell under the sway of Caravaggio's work, which profoundly influenced his further development. He also responded to the works of Sienese masters then active in Rome, including Manetti, Cavarozzi, and Gramatica, as well as showing affinity for the work of Orazio Gentileschi. Strong elements of Bolognese classicism (particularly Schedoni) also appear in his paintings, for example, his Christ Healing the Son of the Widow of Nain, and its companion, Christ Heating the Blind, both painted in Rome and now in the Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida. One of his most famous Roman works was the Flight into Egypt, presented to Pope Paul V and praised by Soprani, which is now in the Bob Jones University Collection of Sacred Art, Greenville, South Carolina.
In 1616 Fiasella returned to Sarzana and then moved to Genoa in 1617, remaining there for the rest of his life. |
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