Luca Saltarello

[2] Only a small body of work consisting of religious compositions is currently ascribed to Luca Saltarello.

It has been difficult to define the scope of work to be attributed to the artist as only one securely documented work by the artist is known, a large altarpiece representing Saint Benedict Reviving a Fallen Worker, which was painted for the Chiesa di Santo Stefano in Genoa in 1632.

In Genoa Saltarello also underwent the strong influence of various members of the Flemish artist community that had settled down there permanently or visited the city for long periods of time.

In particular, the technique of Antony van Dyck was of important influence on his early work.

Saltarello's chromatic range was likely derived from other Flemish residents in Genoa in particular Jan Roos and the brothers Cornelis and Lucas de Wael.