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Italian Baroque

 

 

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Annibale Carracci

born: Bologna, 1 November 1560
died: Rome, 15 July 1609

 

Carracci, Annibale: [ceiling fresco] Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne
[ceiling fresco]
1601

Carracci, Annibale: [ceiling fresco] Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne -- detail

[detail]

 

Thirty more pictures by Annibale.

 

Francesco Zucci
(Francesco Zucci Fece)

born: Rome?, 1562
died: Rome?, 1622

 

Zucci, Francisco: Composite Head

Composite Head
about 1610
Museo Nazionale di Capodionte
Naples, Italy

 

An artist clearly influenced by the Lombardy artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo who did similar composite faces about 30 years earlier.

 

 

Caravaggio: Self as Bacchus  Caravaggio
(Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio)

born: Caravaggio or Milan, Lombardy [now Italy]; 29 September 1571
died: Port'Ercole, Tuscany [now Italy]; 18 July 1610

 

Caravaggio was one of the most influential artists of any generation, complete with a pecular personality and a fascinating biography.

 

Caravaggio: Youth with Fruit

Boy with Fruit
about 1593
Galleria Borghese
Rome, Italy

 

 

Forty-eight more Caravaggio pictures and a short biography.

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Guido Reni

born: Bologna, Papal States [now Italy]; 4 November 1575
died: Bologna, Papal States [now Italy]; 18 August 1642

 

Reni: Centaur

Centaur

 

Six more Reni pictures.

 

 

Bernardo Strozzi

born: Genoa [now Italy]; 1581
died: Venice [now Italy]; 1644

 

 Strozzi: Old Woman Seated at the Mirror

Old Woman Seated
at the Mirror
about 1615
private collection

 Strozzi: Lute Player

Lute Player
1635
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna, Austria

 

Il Domenichino
Domenico Zampieri

born: Bologna, Papal States[now Italy]; October 1581
died: Naples, [now Italy]; 6 April 1641

 

Domenichino: Assumption of May Magdaline into Heaven

The Assumption of Mary Magdalene into Heaven
1620
The Hermitage
St Petersburg, Russia

Domenichino: The Repose of Venus

The Repose of Venus
The Hermitage
St Petersburg, Russia

 

Other works:

  • The Maiden and the Unicorn,1602, fresco, Palazzo Farnese, Rome

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    Domenico Fetti
    also spelled: Feti

    born: Rome, Papal States [now Italy]; 1588/9
    died: Venice, Republic of Venice [now Italy]; 1623

     

    Fetti: Adoration of the Shepards

    Adoration of the Shepherds
    Hermitage
    St Petersburg, Russia

    Fetti: The Healing of Tobit

    The Healing of Tobit
    c. 1620
    The Hermitage
    St Petersburg, Russia

    Fetti: [unknown]

     

     

     

    Jusepe de Ribera
    also known as José, Josef, or Giuseppe
    nickname: Lo Spagnoletto or Little Spainard

    born: Játiva, Spain; 17 February 1591
    died: Naples, Kingdom of Naples [Now Italy]; 2 September 1652

     

    He was born in Spain but worked mostly in Italy, where he died.

     

    Ribera: Holy Family with Saints Catherine and Anne

    Holy Family with
    Saints Catherine and Anne

     

     

    Artemisia Gentileschi

    born: Rome, Papal States [now Italy]; 1593
    died: Naples, Kingdom of Naples [now Italy]; 1652/3

    Daughter of Orazio Gentileschi. Artemisia followed the style of Caravaggio

     

    Gentileschi: Judith Slaying Holofernes

    Judith Slaying Holofernes
    1612-21
    Uffizi
    Florence, Italy

     

    Five more Gentileschi pictures

     

     

    Pietro Berrettini da Cortona

    born: Cortona, Tuscany [now Italy]; 1 November 1596
    died: Rome, Papal States [now Italy]; 16 May 1669

     

    Cortona: Aeneas

    Aeneas

    Cortona: Sibillia Cumana

    Sibillia Cumana

     

     

    Alessandro Algardi

    born: Bologna, Papal States [now Italy]; 1598
    died: Rome, Papal States [now Italy]; 1654

     

    Algardi: Alessandro: [sculpture] St. John, the Evangelist

    St John the Evangelist
    about 1645
    SS. Vittore e Carlo,
    Genoa, Italy

    Algardi: Alessandro: [sculpture] Beheading of St. Paul

    Beheading of St Paul
    about 1650
    San Paolo
    Bologna, Italy

    Algardi, Alesssandro: [sculpture] St. Mary Madalene

    St Mary Magdalene
    c1647
    SS. Vittore e Carlo,
    Genoa, Italy

     

     

     

    Gianlorenzo Bernini

    born: Naples, Kingdom of Naples [now Italy]; 7 December 1598
    died: Rome, Papal States [now Italy]; 28 September 1680

     

     

     

    Bernini: Ecstacy of St Teresa

    Ecstasy of St Teresa
    1647
    Santa Maria della Vittoria
    Rome, Italy

     

    Seven more Bernini sculptures.

     

    Andrea Sacchi

    born: Nettuno [near Rome], Papal States [now Italy]; 1599
    died: Rome, Papal States; 21 June 1661

    Sacchi trained under Francesco Albani in Bologna.

     

    Sacci: Pasquilini crowned by Apollo

    Pasquilini crowned by Apollo

     

     

     

    Mattia Preti

    born: Taverna Calabria [and now Italy]; 1613
    died: La Valleta, [now Italy]; 1699

     

    Preti, Mattia: Salome with the Head of John, the Baptist

    Salome with
    the Head of
    St John the Baptist
    Ringling Museum of Art
    Sarasota, Florida

    Preti, Mattia: Pilate Washing his Hands of the Blood of Christ

    Pilate Washing
    His Hands

    1663
    Metropolitan Museum
    New York

    Preti, Mattia: Christ in Glory

    Christ in Glory
    about 1660
    Museo del Prado
    Madrid, Spain

     

     

    Salvador Rosa

    born: Arenella, Sicily [domain of the Spannish Habsberg's] [and now Italy]; 20 June 1615
    died: Rome, Papal States [now Italy]; 15 March 1673

     

    Rosa studied painting in Naples; he was influenced by the Spanish painter Jusepe de Ribera.

     

    Rosa: Jason Fights the Dragon

    Jason Charming
    the Dragon
    Museum of Fine Arts

    Montreal, Canada

    Rosa: The Spirit of Samuel Called up before Saul by the Witch of Endor

    The Spirit of Samuel
    Called up before Saul
    by the Witch of Endor
    1668
    Louvre, Paris, France

     

     

    Luca Giordano

    born: Naples, Kingdom of Naples [now Italy]; 18 October 1632
    died: Naples, Kingdom of Naples [now Italy]; 3 January 1705

     

    Giordano: Archangel Michael Throws the Satanic Archangels out of Heaven

    Archangel Michael Throws
    The Satanic Archangels
    Out of Heaven
    1655
    Kunsthistorisches Museum
    Vienna, Austria

    Giordano: Venus, Cupid, and Mars

    Venus, Cupid, and Mars
    Museum of Capodimonte
    Naples, Italy

     

     

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