The Carlone family "produced many virtuous Subjects in Painting" and Giovanni "was a worthy Painter" [Soprani / Ratti, p. 261]. Giovanni Carlone was born in Genoa in 1584 by Taddeo, a sculptor, who immediately understood his skills; Sorri the his first teacher during the Genoese period of the Sienese painter. This will be followed by a stay in Rome and then, in the atelie of Passignano, in Florence and then return to his homeland "loved and esteemed by his colleagues" so much that Bernardo Castello "in love with the virtue of this man , gave him his daughter Ersilia in marriage "[p. 262]. Painter and fresco painter was much appreciated by Genoese clients, by Lomellini to Spinola and by many Ordin