Giovanni Battista Beinaschi (Fossano 1634/1636 - Naples 1688), Jacob's Dream, circa 1675 - 1680

Giovanni Battista Beinaschi (Fossano 1634/1636 - Naples 1688) Jacob's Dream Circa 1675 - 1680 Oil on canvas cm 144 x 195     "The painting is an unpublished work by Giovan Battista Beinaschi. [...]. The tenebrism is typical of the artist, as is the dynamic impetuosity, the contrasting luminism, the long and flowing brushstroke, the diagonal stroke present in all his compositions, according to his characteristic interpretation of Lanfranco's style in a Baroque key [...]. Similarly to Pierfrancesco Mola, Luca Giordano, Sebastiano Ricci or Paolo De Matteis, Beinaschi was also a wandering and itinerant artist, who was able to absorb numerous influences during his travels in Italy, up to the long stationary stays between Rome and Naples where he frescoed numerous churches." - Francesco Petrucci, Galleria Giamblanco, twenty-five years of activity, Deborah Lentini and Salvatore Giamblanco (edited by), Allemandi, Turin 2018, p. 50