An art collector, he was also a painter, mainly painting landscapes.

At this time there were a group of young artists who mainly painted landscapes.

In the beginning he painted mainly by memory, depicting emotions, and not impressions.

He mainly painted country scenes in a realistic style.

Late in his career he mainly painted flowers and landscapes.

Returning to Genoa (about 1625), he painted mainly for private customers.

He mainly painted women but not also his estate and the countryside of Provence.

Towards the end of his life, from about 1904, he mainly painted male nudes.

Later she painted mainly portraits of females and etudes done from nature.

In the 1880s he painted mainly rural themes, such as horses and cattle.