Background
He was born in Carmagnola to father painter, Pietro Laveglia, (1625-1675) who had emigrated to Asti from Paris.
He was born in Carmagnola to father painter, Pietro Laveglia, (1625-1675) who had emigrated to Asti from Paris.
A canvas at the Civic Gallery of the Palazzo Mazzetti, depicting Christ and the Apostles on the shores of the Borbore (circa 1671) includes a distant view of the town of Asti. In Bartoli"s Notizia about artworks, he takes notice of a Laveglia d"Asti, who was a painter of quadratura in the church of San Martino of Astia. In 1677, Giovanni Antonio married Lucrezia Maria Fariano in Asti.
In 1708, Giovanni Carlo Aliberti married Giovanni Antonio"s daughter.