CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
Menu
Research dossier · General Reference

Giovanni Carlo Aliberti

Italian painter

Cross-disciplinary reference desk with index cards, atlas, dictionary and catalogue
General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ3766959 ↗
Source-derived summary

Gian Carlo Aliberti, also Giancarlo or Giovanni Carlo Aliberti, (13 February 1670 - 2 February 1727) was a prolific Piedmontese painter of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Biography

He was born in Canelli in 1670 (according to some sources on 5 March 1662). He soon moved to Asti. His artistic training is not known. According to Lanzi, he made his own manner of painting, that is, he resented the Maratta and the Carracci school, with some echoes from Correggio. His activity, very fervent, however, took place within his region. He likely trained with Giovanni Battista Fariano in Asti. By the turn of the century, he moved to Rome to pursue further training. Returning to Asti, he wed the daughter of the painter Giovanni Antonio Laveglia. In Canelli, there are two canvases, Death of St Joseph and an Immaculate Conception located in the parish church of San Tommaso.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Giovanni Carlo Aliberti” as italian painter. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1670, 1727, 1662—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1670-01-01, 1662-03-01—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. The account is most persuasive where Giovanni, Carlo and Aliberti can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as italian painter. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3766959. VIAF identifies the subject as 44255748. The Library of Congress control number is nr2005014809. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1670, 1727 and 1662.

Critical limits

A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
Verify next

The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Giovanni Carlo Aliberti”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Giovanni Carlo Aliberti primary sources, Giovanni Carlo Aliberti archive and Giovanni research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Giovanni Carlo Aliberti”?
  2. What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
  3. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Giovanni Carlo Aliberti” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.