Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1571-1610
Italian painter. After an early career as a painter of portraits, still-life and genre scenes he became the most persuasive religious painter of his time. His bold, naturalistic style, which emphasized the common humanity of the apostles and martyrs, flattered the aspirations of the Counter-Reformation Church, while his vivid chiaroscuro enhanced both three-dimensionality and drama, as well as evoking the mystery of the faith. He followed a militantly realist agenda, rejecting both Mannerism and the classicizing naturalism of his main rival, Annibale Carracci. In the first 30 years of the 17th century his naturalistic ambitions and revolutionary artistic procedures attracted a large following from all over Europe.
1607
Oil on canvas, 390 x 260 cm
Church of Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples
1607
Oil on canvas, 390 x 260 cm
Church of Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples
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The Crucifixion of St Andrew dfg
The Crucifixion of St Andrew dfg
Painting ID:: 5789
c. 1607
Oil on canvas, 390 x 260 cm
Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples (loan)
c. 1607
Oil on canvas, 390 x 260 cm
Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples (loan)
Height Width
INS/CM Quality
X
Christ at the Column fdg
Christ at the Column fdg
Painting ID:: 5791
Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1571-1610
Italian painter. After an early career as a painter of portraits, still-life and genre scenes he became the most persuasive religious painter of his time. His bold, naturalistic style, which emphasized the common humanity of the apostles and martyrs, flattered the aspirations of the Counter-Reformation Church, while his vivid chiaroscuro enhanced both three-dimensionality and drama, as well as evoking the mystery of the faith. He followed a militantly realist agenda, rejecting both Mannerism and the classicizing naturalism of his main rival, Annibale Carracci. In the first 30 years of the 17th century his naturalistic ambitions and revolutionary artistic procedures attracted a large following from all over Europe.