Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1578-1635
Italian painter. He was one of the greatest Caravaggesque painters and the founder of Neapolitan Caravaggism. His Liberation of St Peter (c. 1615; Naples, Pio Monte della Misericordia; ) and Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples (1622; Naples, Certosa di S Martino; see fig. 2 below) are masterpieces of 17th-century Neapolitan art, and attain a powerful and tragic grandeur.
oil on canvas painting by Giovanni Battista Caracciolo (Battistello), 1610-20, UC Berkeley Art Museum
Date 1610-20
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oil on canvas painting by Giovanni Battista Caracciolo (Battistello), 1610-20, UC Berkeley Art Museum
Date 1610-20
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Lamentation of Adam and Eve on the Dead Abel
Lamentation of Adam and Eve on the Dead Abel
Painting ID:: 92539
Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1578-1635
Italian painter. He was one of the greatest Caravaggesque painters and the founder of Neapolitan Caravaggism. His Liberation of St Peter (c. 1615; Naples, Pio Monte della Misericordia; ) and Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples (1622; Naples, Certosa di S Martino; see fig. 2 below) are masterpieces of 17th-century Neapolitan art, and attain a powerful and tragic grandeur.