Giacomo Bargone Explained

Giacomo Bargone was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, born and active in Genoa. He trained with Andrea and Ottavio Semini. He excited the jealousy of a contemporary artist, Lazzaro Calvi, who reputedly poisoned him and ransomed his cat for several thousand ducats. He flourished in the 16th century.

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• Book: Bryan, Michael. 1886. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical . I: A-K . Robert Edmund Graves . 82 . George Bell and Sons. London .