Collection: Luca Cambiaso

Luca Cambiaso (18 November 1527 – 6 September 1585) was an Italian painter and draughtsman and the leading artist in Genoa in the 16th century. He is considered the founder of the Genoese school, who established the local tradition of historical fresco painting through his many decorations of Genoese churches and palaces. He produced a number of poetic night scenes. He was a prolific draughtsman who sometimes reduced figures to geometric (even cubic) forms. He was familiarly known as Lucchetto da Genova.

Among his most cited paintings: Descent from the Cross, Madonna and Child, Baby Jesus, and Venus and Adonis.

His oeuvre falls under Renaissance, in the Mannerism current.