About Giovanni Stefano Maia
Lived 1672 – 1747 (aged 74–75). Giovanni Stefano Maia was a painter.
Giovanni Stefano Maia (1672–1747) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period, active in Genoa and Naples.
Biography Born and trained in Genoa, he was forced to flee Genoa after participating in a brawl. He moved to Rome and Naples, where he worked under Francesco Solimena. He returned to his native country only in 1727, but was impoverished for commissions since his skill as a portrait artists was not well known.
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Italian painter (1672-1747)
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Giovanni Stefano Maia was born in 1672.
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Giovanni Stefano Maia died in 1747.
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