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Domenico Piola (1627–1703) belongs to the tradition of Genoese Baroque painting. His animated visual language drew on the study of Castiglione, Valerio Castello, Rubens and Van Dyck. The decoration of Genoa’s palaces provided a major setting for his activity, accompanied by a substantial production of designs and preliminary sketches.
A drawing of a shepherd sitting beneath a tree reveals a less familiar aspect of his practice: landscape dominates the composition, whereas figures generally take precedence in his work. Executed with a brush in brown over a black-chalk sketch, the sheet bears the inscription “D. Piola”. Its published provenance reaches back to the Genoese sculptor Santo Varni, whose interest helped bring the artist’s drawings to renewed attention.
This profile brings together identity references for Domenico Piola and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Lempertz · Piguet
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Medium — source: lavis sépia et plume sur papier
Silène
lavis sépia et plume sur papier
Catalogue period : 2023-09-06 — 2023-09-20
Published result : 700 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Kreide, Papier auf Bütten montiert
Auction date : 2017-05-20
Published result : 2728 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 2500
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