He was a native of Scaria, near Como, in Lombardy, but may have been from the Carloni family of Genoese painters.

Lazzaro Tavarone, Genoese painter (born 1556)

April 8 - Domenico Piola, Genoese painter (born 1627)

He trained with his father, Giovanni Francesco Cassana, a Genoese painter, who had been taught the art of painting by Bernardo Strozzi.

Domenico Piola, Genoese painter (died 1703)

Valerio Castello, great innovator, would become one of the greatest Genoese painters of 17th century, even if he died prematurely, when was only 34 years old.

He added to Raffaello Soprani's history of Genoese painters: Vite de' pittori, scultori ed architetti genovesi first published in 1769 in Genoa.

Domenico Piola (1627 - 8 April 1703) was a Genoese painter of the Baroque period.

He was about to steer the conversation back towards a discussion of various Genoese painters, but the old man snorted derisively, and cut right across him.

Lazzaro Tavarone, Genoese painter (died 1641)