Alessandro Magnasco

Alessandro Magnasco (1667–1749), called il Lissandrino, was a late-Baroque painter born in Genoa, son of Stefano Magnasco. He trained under Valerio Castello and then Filippo Abbiati in Milan, where he worked until 1735 apart from a Florentine stay in 1703–1711 serving Cosimo III.

He became famous for eerie, phantasmagoric genre scenes, monks' gatherings and stormy landscapes, built from flickering brushwork and small figures. His unusual subjects included inquisitorial torture and Jewish and Quaker religious ceremonies. He returned to Genoa in 1735 and died there in 1749.