Alessandro Magnasco

On January 10, 2026 - 17th Century, 18th Century, february 4, Italian

Alessandro Magnasco, February 4, 1667–March 12, 1749, was an Italian painter born and deceased in Genoa. He began his training with his father, Stefano Magnasco, and later studied with Filippo Abbiati in Milan.

Magnasco worked in Milan, Florence, and Genoa. He collaborated on paintings with landscape and architectural specialists, including Francesco Peruzzini and Clemente Spera. He returned to Genoa in 1735.

His works are held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, and museums in Genoa, among other collections.

Alessandro Magnasco, Hermit in the Desert, 1700–1740 Oil on canvas, 16.1 × 13.4 in Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid

Alessandro Magnasco, The Tame Magpie, c 1707–1708 Oil on canvas, 25 × 29.5 in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Alessandro Magnasco, Interrogations in Jail, c 1710–1720 Oil on canvas, 17.5 × 32.5 in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Alessandro Magnasco, Banditti at Rest, c 1710–1720 Oil on canvas, 44.1 × 63.8 in The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

Alessandro Magnasco, Jewish Funerals, c 1720 Oil on canvas, 34.3 × 46.1 in Museum of Jewish Art and History, Paris

Alessandro Magnasco, The Painter’s Workshop, c 1722–1723 Oil on canvas, 23.8 × 16.7 in Private Collection

Alessandro Magnasco, A Workshop of Nuns, c 1725 Oil on canvas, 16.1 × 13 in Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg

Alessandro Magnasco, Joseph Interpreting Dreams, c 1726–1731 Oil on canvas, 52.8 × 69.7 in Private Collection

Alessandro Magnasco, The Exorcism of the Waves, c 1735 Oil on canvas, 33 × 51 in Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

Alessandro Magnasco, Dissipation and Ignorance Destroy the Arts and Sciences, c 1735–1740 Oil on canvas, 24.5 × 36 in Private Collection

Alessandro Magnasco, Garden Party in Albaro, c 1740 Oil on canvas, 34 × 78 in Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa

Alessandro Magnasco, The Choristers, c 1740–1745 Oil on canvas, 26.8 × 21.5 in National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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