Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari

Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari (1598–1669) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa.

A prolific easel painter who created many altarpieces, he was, together with Gioacchino Assereto and Orazio de Ferrari, one of the chief influences on the later development of the Baroque in Genoa.

He also studies the works of Anthony van Dyck who had been a resident in Genoa before.

[2] Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari's subject matter was almost exclusively religious.

His style distinguishes itself, however, from his master's style through his thinner application of paint and his penchant for expressive van Dyckian heads, tapered hands and tightly rolled drapery sleeves.