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In 1530 Giovanni Giacomo transferred his studio to Genoa, where, from 1532, he collaborated with Niccolò da Corte. The partnership was formalized in 1534, when Giovanni Giacomo, his son Guglielmo and da Corte set up a studio together, and it continued until 1537 when da Corte went to Spain and Guglielmo presumably went to Rome. The most important commissions undertaken by this partnership were the baldacchino in the chapel of San Giovanni Battista (1530-32) and the funerary monument to Giuliano Cybo, Bishop of Agrigento (both Genoa Cathedral). The rectangular marble baldacchino is raised on a platform, with a richly carved canopy supported on four porphyry columns. These rest on tall socles carved in high relief on each face with figures of the prophets. Giovanni Giacomo contributed a considerable amount to this monument, in particular, some of the prophets on the socles of the baldacchino.
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