About Pellegrino Piola
Lived 1617 – 1640 (aged 23). Pellegrino Piola was a painter.
Pellegrino Piola (1617 – 25 November 1640), also called Pellegro Piola or il Pellegro, was an Italian Baroque painter, active in Genoa.
He was born in Genoa, and at the age of twelve, apprenticed with Domenico and Giovanni Battista Capellino. He was the elder brother of the painter Domenico Piola. He was murdered during an altercation in Genoa; some claim by either his master or an elder painter envious of his skill.
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Who was Pellegrino Piola?
Italian painter (1617-1640)
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Pellegrino Piola was born on 9 May 1617 in Genoa.
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Pellegrino Piola died on 25 November 1640 in Genoa.
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Pellegrino Piola was a painter.
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