afterwards, in 1734, he visited Rome, where he is said to have met the major painters Sebastiano Conca and Marco Benefial. Returning through Florence, he met Ignazio Hugford and Francesco Maria Niccolo Gaburri. The latter, who was Luogotenente of the Florentine Academy of Fine Arts, helped get him awarded an honorary membership (August 1, 1734). This trip, although short, greatly influenced Lorenzo as an artist and contribution his formation of a more intricate, Rococo style. In 1736, he erected a series of elaborate structures, of which no trace remains today, in the Genoa Cathedral to celebrate the canonization of Catherine Fieschi Adorno. In the same year he collaborated with Giovanni Battista Natali on a series of frescoes in the gallery of the Palazzo Spinola, where the central medallion shows Venus and Bacchus with Cupid, all of which demonstrate his newly formed style. Circa 1738, Lorenzo decorated four highly illusionistic frescoes in the church of Gesù, in the style of Domenichino. Around the same time, he completed a series of vault frescoes in the Palazzo Gio Carlo, painted to celebrate a Doria marriage. His final work before his death was the Galleria d'Oro in the Palazzo Spinola. Never married, Lorenzo sometimes wore clerical garb and was nicknamed l'Abate de' Ferrari. References External links Genoa : drawings and prints, 1530-1800, fully digitized text from The Metropolitan Museum of Art libraries (see index) 1680 births 1744 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Genoa Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists