Artist

Genoese 17th Century

Portrait of Genoese 17th Century

1600–1699

Genoese 17th Century was a Baroque artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art.

This anonymous draftsman sketched the bones of buildings like a surgeon—clean lines, no flourish, just the load-bearing truths. In one surviving sheet at the National Gallery, he drew a frame so ornately carved it looks like a piece of furniture dreamed up by a carpenter who moonlighted as a goldsmith. You won’t find his name on the wall, but his spare etchings quietly teach what makes architecture stand up, not fall apart. Flip to “Architectural Study with an Atlantid” at the NGA and you’ll see what he meant—columns that might flex their muscles any second now.

Works by Genoese 17th Century

Collections represented

National Gallery of Art

Museum

National Gallery of Art

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