Carlo Antonio Tavella - Artist Info

About Carlo Antonio Tavella

  • Biography

    Carlo Antonio Tavella (1668–1738) was an Italian painter of the Baroque* period, active mainly in Genoa.

    Tavella was born in Milan, the son of Domenico Tavella, a Genoese merchant, Domenico. He was initially the pupil of the painter Giuseppe Merati, then later of a painter by the name of Johann Gruembroech or Greuenbrech, also called il Solfarolo. Later in 1695, Tavella worked with the Dutch painter Pieter Mulier II (Molyn), also known as Cavaliere Tempesta or il Tempesta.

    In the following years, Tavella worked as a landscape painter for Alessandro Magnasco and Domenico and Paolo Piola. He helped decorate Palazzo Franchi in Genoa. Tavella had daughters by of the name of Teresa and Angiola (who was herself a painter). Among h...

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