Giovanni Battista Carlone: A Genoese Baroque Prodigy Giovanni Battista Carlone (1603 – 1684) stands as a remarkable figure in the history of Genoese Baroque art, embodying prolific creativity and skillful execution within a familial artistic lineage. Born into a family steeped in sculpture and painting traditions—his father Taddeo Carlone being a sculptor, his uncle and cousins sculptors too—and with an older brother Giovanni Bernardo…