Lot 60: Luciano Borzone , Genoa 1590 - 1645 St. Peter oil on canvas

oil on canvas

measurements note 47 3/4 by 41 1/4 in.; 121.3 by 104.8 cm.

Luciano Borzone is considered to be one of the principal artists of the golden age of Genoese painting, which lasted from the 1550s until circa 1650, about five years after Borzone's death. Like his contemporary, Bernardo Strozzi, Borzone trained in the studio of the painter, antiquarian, and dealer of Venetian art, Cesare Corte (1550-1613/14). Through Corte, Borzone may have been exposed to the work of Titian, Veronese and the Bassani, whose broad, free brushstrokes and naturalism Borzone adeptly absorbed into his own style. Borzone was also influenced by the realism of Caravaggio and the theatricality and movement of the Milanese artist, Giulio Cesare Procaccini. Borzone's first patron was the influential collector Prince Gian Carlo Doria (1576-1625). Doria, also a major supporter of Procaccini, brought Borzone to Milan in 1615 as his artistic advisor.

We are grateful to Dr. Mary Newcome-Schleier for proposing the attribution to Luciano Borzone based on photographs.