# FASOLO, Giovanni Antonio [View the canonical artist record]() ## Artist - Lifespan: 1530–1572 - Profession: painter - School: Italian ## Biography Italian painter. Of Lombard origin, he was initially a pupil of Paolo Veronese and subsequently had a short but successful career as a fresco and portrait painter in and around Vicenza. In 1551-52 he collaborated with Gian Battista Zelotti and Veronese on frescoes for the Castello Porto-Colleoni, Thiene. Scenes such as the Meeting of Sophonisba and Massinissa are executed in the style of Veronese, but with a noticeably harder and drier edge and lacking Veronese's rich luminosity and effortless control of space. In 1555-56 Fasolo was employed as a minor assistant to Veronese at San Sebastiano, Venice, but emerged in his own right towards the end of the decade \(1557-61\), when he began producing stage designs for the Accademia Olimpica, Vicenza. In the 1560s he executed frescoes at several country villas: at the Villa Roberto \(Brugine, nr Padua; c. 1564-65\), the Villa Campiglia \(Albettone, nr Vicenza; c. 1565-67\) and the Villa Caldogno \(Caldogno, nr Vicenza; c. 1568-70\). These last \(e.g. the Stolen Embrace\) are characterized by their contemporary air and informality, reproducing on a large scale the naturalistic tendencies - a possible Lombard inheritance - that underpin his style and become increasingly apparent in his portraiture. ## Related artworks - [East wall of the camerone \(detail\)]() - [East wall of the camerone \(detail\)]() - [East wall of the camerone \(detail\)]() - [East wall of the camerone \(detail\)]() - [East wall of the camerone]() - [East wall of the camerone]() - [Portrait of a Nobleman in Military Dress]() - [The Banquet \(detail\)]() - [The Banquet]() - [The Card Game]() - [The Concert \(detail\)]() - [The Concert]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()