Alessandro Magnasco
(1667–1749) Italian painter (1667-1749)
Alessandro Magnasco (1667–1749) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Alessandro Magnasco belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Alessandro Magnasco was born in Genoa and died in Genoa. Alessandro Magnasco worked in Genoa, Milan, Genoa, and Florence. Wikidata associates Alessandro Magnasco with Baroque.
One of the best-known works is ‘Landscape with Figures’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 128 works by Alessandro Magnasco with free images. The dated works span the years 1426–1750. Works by Alessandro Magnasco are held by several collections, among them Department of Paintings of the Louvre, Mauritshuis, J. Paul Getty Museum, and Art Institute of Chicago. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Magnus Berg, Antonio Balestra, Gabrielle-Charlotte Patin, Christoph Ludwig Agricola, and Cristoforo Munari.