We owe Marco Ciampolini the first focus on this Sienese painter and the proposal to attribute to him a few drawings and paintings. Giuseppe was the son of the painter Ilario Casolani and the grandson of Alessandro. Until Ciampolini research, the artist was known only from documents.
See Marco Ciampolini, I Pittori Senesi del Seicento, vol.I, 2010; pp. 133, 134.