Giovanni Baleison
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Giovanni Baleison or Giovanni Belisoni (active 1480–1500) was an Italian fresco artist, active in the Piedmont, Liguria, and France.[1][2]
Biography[edit]
He was born in Demonte, Piedmont.[3] He executed frescoes at a number of churches, including St Sebastian Churches of Venanson, Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée, and Celle di Macra.[4] He also painted frescoes (1482-1485) for the chapel of St Sebastian in the church of Santi Sebastiano e Fabiano in Marmora, Piedmont. The frescoes depict the infancy of Christ: Nativity, Adoration by the magi, plus an Apocriphal story about the Miracle of the Grain during the Flight to Egypt. Also there are frescoes depicting the Life of Saint Sebastian.[5] He painted an Enthroned Madonna in the apse of the church of Santa Maria della Pieve in Beinette. Other frescoes in the church are attributed to Amedeo Albini.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Comune of Marmora Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, entry on churches.
- ^ Storia della città e diocesi di Albenga, by Girolamo Rossi, page 221.
- ^ "Giovanni Baleison Brief Biography". Answers.com. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
- ^ "Giovanni Baleison at Celle di Macra". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ Comune of Marmora.
- ^ Fondazione Isper, regarding Beinette church.
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