Paolo Gerolamo Brusco


Paolo Gerolamo Brusco or Girolamo Brusco was a prolific Italian painter active in Liguria.
He was also nicknamed Bruschetto.

Biography

Born in Savona, his father and one of his brothers were employed in painting local maiolica. Another brother, Giacomo, was a civil engineer. As a young man, he traveled to Rome and was influenced by the Neoclassic style of Anton Raphael Mengs, and may have trained with Pompeo Batoni

Works