“Artisti dei laghi” : the Colomba family of Arogno

Abstract

The Colomba family of Arogno comprised. five artisti dei laghi ('artists of the lakes'), so called because their place of origin lay in the region of the Pre-Alpine Lakes. These were Andrea, stuccateur (1567-1627); Giovanni Antonio, stuccateur (1585- 1650); Giovanni Battista, stuccateur, painter, architect, and entrepreneur (1638 [?]-1693); Luca Antonio. painter (1674-1737); and Giovanni Battista Innocenzo, painter and scenographer (1717-1801). In a pleasant and very readable guide book, Lucia Pedrini Stanga has succeeded in reconstructing in fascinating detail an admirable biography of these little-known Baroque artists, one that appeals both to the general reader and to the student of art and historian.