Bernardo Strozzi Artwork valuations, appraisals and auction estimates

Among the key figures of that Genoese Baroque which constituted one of the happiest seasons of the artistic production of Superba, which became between the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century one of the main European crossroads of trade and arts in step with the increase in the power and wealth of the city's banking oligarchy, Bernardo Strozzi was a multifaceted artist of extraordinary elegance, considered a true master during his lifetime, both during his stay in Genoa, where he availed himself, among many others, of the commission of powerful Giovan Carlo Doria, and in his subsequent exile as a fugitive in Venice, where he settled after his daring escape in 1633 and where he remained until his death in 1644.

Among the key figures of that Genoese Baroque which constituted one of the happiest seasons of the artistic production of Superba, which became between the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century one of the main European crossroads of trade and arts in step with the increase in the power and wealth of the city's banking oligarchy, Bernardo Strozzi was a multifaceted artist of extraordinary elegance, considered a true master during his lifetime, both during his stay in Genoa, where he availed himself, among many others, of the commission of powerful Giovan Carlo Doria, and in his subsequent exile as a fugitive in Venice, where he settled after his daring escape in 1633 and where he remained until his death in 1644.