Giovanni Antonio Fasolo
Illustration — Fresco in Villa Caldogno Nordera. Giovanni Antonio Fasolo (1530–1572) was a late Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school, active in Vicenza and surroundings. A native of Mandello del Lario, he appears to have trained in the Venice studio of Paolo Veronese.
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Giovanni Antonio Fasolo

Giovanni Antonio Fasolo · Veneto paese per paese, volume 1, pp. 63-64, Casa Editrice Bonechi, Firenze, 1997 · Public domain
- Born
- 1530 · Mandello del Lario.
- Died
- 1572 · Vicenza.
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
- Movements
- Mannerism
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Illustration — Fresco in Villa Caldogno Nordera. Giovanni Antonio Fasolo (1530–1572) was a late Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school, active in Vicenza and surroundings. A native of Mandello del Lario, he appears to have trained in the Venice studio of Paolo Veronese.
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He worked at the frescoes of some buildings by Andrea Palladio, like Villa Caldogno (with Giovanni Battista Zelotti), Casa Cogollo, and Palazzo del Capitaniato (his last work). He also decorated with Zelotti the Palazzo Porto Colleoni Thiene at Thiene. In 1572 he died by an incident when he was working at the ceiling of the loggia of the Palazzo del Capitaniato in Vicenza. One of his pupils was Alessandro Maganza.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Vicenza. Work by Giovanni Antonio Fasolo is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Palazzo Chiericati Art Gallery.
Partial listing: • Illustration — Portrait of the Valmarana Family • Frescoes in Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza • Frescoes in Villa Sesso Schiavo, Sandrigo (Vicenza) (attributed) • Portrait of the Valmarana Family • Portrait of Ippolito Porto, Palazzo Valmarana, Vicenza • Baptism of Saint John (Battesimo di San Giovanni), Natività della Beata Vergine Maria, Tricase (Lecce) (attributed) • Frescoes in Casa Cogollo, Vicenza (traces) • Portrait of Giuseppe Gualdo with His Sons Paolo and Paolo Emilio (Ritratto di Giuseppe Gualdo con i figli Paolo e Paolo Emilio) and Portrait of Paola Bonanome Gualdo with Her Daughters Laura and Virginia (Ritratto di Paola Bonanome Gualdo con le figlie Laura e Virginia), 1566-1567, Pinacoteca civica di Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza • Frescoes in Palazzo Porto Colleoni, Thiene (Vicenza), 1570 (with Giovanni Battista Zelotti), sections included: Cleopatra's Banquet, The Continence of Scipio and Sophonisba Before Masinissa - Mucius Scaevola, • Frescoes in Villa Caldogno, Caldogno (Vicenza), 1570 (with Giovanni Battista Zelotti), sections included: Invitation to Dance, Playing Cards • Frescoes and nine others in Palazzo del Capitaniato (1572), Vicenza
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1530
Giovanni Antonio Fasolo born at Mandello del Lario.
1572
Giovanni Antonio Fasolo died at Vicenza.
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