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| Domenico Fiasella Death of Meleager ca. 1650 oil on canvas Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, Genoa |
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| Domenico Fiasella Samson and Delilah 1650 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |
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| Domenico Fiasella St Lazzaro intercedes with the Virgin for the City of Sarzana 1616 oil on canvas Chiesa di San Lazzaro, Sarzana |
"The development of the early seventeenth-century native Genoese painters Bernardo Strozzi, Andrea Ansaldo (1584-1638), Domenico Fiasella (1589-1669), Luciano Borzone (1590-1645) and Gioacchino Assereto runs to a certain extent parallel. They began traditionally enough: Fiasella and Strozzi deriving from Lomi, Paggi, and Sorri; Ansaldo from the mediocre Orazio Cambiaso, Luca's son; and Assereto from Ansaldo. Toward the twenties these artists show the influence of the Milanese school, and only Fiasella, who had worked in Rome from 1607 to 1617, is really swayed by the Caravaggisti. In the course of the third decade they all attempt to cast away the last vestiges of Mannerism and turn toward a freer, naturalistic manner, largely under the influence of Rubens and Van Dyck. It should, however, be said that, lacking monographic treatment, neither Borzone nor Ansaldo and Fiasella are clearly defined personalities; it would seem that the prolific Fiasella, who lived longest and was much in fashion with the Genoese aristocracy, must be regarded as the least interesting and original of this group of artists."
– Rudolf Wittkower, Art and Architecture in Italy 1600-1750, originally published in 1958, revised by Joseph Connors and Jennifer Montagu and reissued by Yale University Press in 1999
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| Luciano Borzone Samson and Delilah before 1645 oil on canvas Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba |
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| Luciano Borzone Portrait of a Man before 1645 oil on canvas Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki |
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| Luciano Borzone Rest on the Flight into Egypt before 1645 oil on canvas Victoria Art Gallery, Bath |
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| Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo Allegory of the Arts before 1638 oil on canvas Manchester Art Gallery |
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| Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo Herodias presented with the Head of John the Baptist by Salome ca. 1630 oil on canvas Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa |
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| Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo The Deposition ca. 1630 oil on canvas Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, Genoa |
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| Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo Ecce Homo before 1638 drawing Museo del Prado, Madrid |
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| Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo Virgin and Child with St Anne before 1638 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo Draped Figure of a Priest before 1638 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo Soldiers in Battle before 1638 drawing National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo Crucifixion before 1638 drawing Morgan Library, New York |