Giovanni Bernardo Carboni

Giovanni Bernardo Carbone (12 May, 1616 – 11 March, 1683) was an Genoese painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Albaro, and died in Genoa. He initially apprenticed with Giovanni Andrea de’ Ferrari,and he was likely a contemporary in the studio with two other Ferrari pupils: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione and Giovanni Andrea Podesta. Other influences on his style came from trips to Venice of c. 1643–4 and 1650, his friendships with Valerio Castello and Casone, as well as the contact with his prolific brother and painter, Giovanni Battista Carlone.

He best known as a portrait painter, usually in full-length or three quarters view; his portraits are mainly of aristocracy dressed in full regalia or items of their property in the manner of Anthony van Dyck.

References

• Portrait of aristrocrat, L’Archimede Gallery of Art, Rome [1]
• Madonna con il Bambino dormiente Museo Palazzo Rosso, Genoa [2]
• Artnet biography from Grove encyclopedia of Art