 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 546 pages
...the powers of Luca, to whom prince Doria gave the preference in the ample commission of the frescos for the church of S. Matteo. This so enraged Calvi that he turned sailor, and touched no brush for twenty years : he returned at last to the art, and continued... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 544 pages
...the powers of Luca, to whom prince Doria gave the preference in the ample commission of the frescos for the church of S. Matteo. This so enraged Calvi that he turned sailor, and touched no brush for twenty years : he returned at last to the art, and continued... | |
 | Luigi Antonio Lanzi - Painting - 1828 - 512 pages
...extravagance which no painter has since followed, except Corenzio. He was particularly jealous of any young artist, who he thought might interfere with his fame...This so enraged Calvi, that he gave himself up to a sea life, and abandoned the pencil for twenty years. He ultimately resumed it, and continued, though... | |
 | James Smith - Art - 1853 - 448 pages
...of his happiest efforts, and the most approaching to the style of his master (Pierino della Vaga) ; but he could not crush the genius of Cambiaso, which,...very considerable work in fresco for the church of San Matteo. This so enraged Calvi, that he gave himself up to a sea life, and abandoned the pencil... | |
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These cabals were more strongly instanced in the chapel Centurioni, where he painted the Birth of St. John, in competition with Andrea Semini and Luca Cambiaso, who there also painted other pictures from the history of that saint. This work was one of... 