Benedetto Brandimarte

He is a representative of the Mannerist style, which is reflected in the extreme artificiality shown in the unnatural movement of the figures and the brilliance of the colors of his works.

Hired in 1581 by Prince Giovanni Andrea Doria, he began to receive a salary for his activity in Genoa from the next year.

[1] It is recorded that in 1592 he was commissioned by Prince Giovanni Battista II Doria, to realize some works in the Church of San Benedetto al Porto in Genoa, including The beheading of St. John the Baptist.

[1] The Mannerist paintings of Brandimarte may have appeared quite unusual to the Genoese public, with their tense and contorted poses of the figures and iridescent colors, bordering on the luminescent.

The Villa Altogradi in Capannori, in the province of Lucca, holds his Martyrdom of St. Stephen.