Giovanni Agostino Cassana
Illustration — Pigeons feeding Abate, or Giovanni Agostino Cassana (c.1658 – 6 May 1720) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was a son of Giovanni Francesco Cassana and an elder brother of Niccolò and Giovanni Battista. He was born in Venice, and was initially instructed by his father.
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Giovanni Agostino Cassana
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- 1658 · Venice.
- Died
- 1720 · Genoa.
- Nationality
- Republic of Venice
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- painter
- Fields
- still life
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Illustration — Pigeons feeding Abate, or Giovanni Agostino Cassana (c.1658 – 6 May 1720) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was a son of Giovanni Francesco Cassana and an elder brother of Niccolò and Giovanni Battista. He was born in Venice, and was initially instructed by his father.
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In 1670 he worked at the court of Ferdinando de' Medici in Florence and travelled regularly between the two cities, but spent at least the years 1718–1720 in Genoa, where he later died. He painted portraits with some success, but preferred painting animals in the style of Antonio Maria Vasallo, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, and Joannes Fyt, a style which he learned from Jacques van de Kerckhove in Venice. Paintings of still life subjects are found in the collections at Florence, Venice, and Genoa.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are still life. Places of work recorded in the authority are Florence, Venice and Genoa. Work by Giovanni Agostino Cassana is recorded in the collections of Hermitage Museum, National Museum in Kraków and Bastia museum.
German: Tauben zwischen Futtertrog und Körben. title QS:P1476,de:"Tauben zwischen Futtertrog und Körben." label QS:Lde,"Tauben zwischen Futtertrog und Körben."
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1658
Giovanni Agostino Cassana born at Venice.
1720
Giovanni Agostino Cassana died at Genoa.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Abate Cassana Cassana, Abate Cassana, 3 frelli Cassano, Joh.
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Cassani and [Gio
Augostino Cassane detto L'Abate] Cassana
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