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Portrait by Ottavio Leoni
c1621
Born: 29 September 1571 in
Died: 18 July 1610
Nationality: Italian
Rome, Naples, Malta,
and Sicily
Not much is known is about early life
Mother died 1590
Milan
Trainer (Simone Peterzano)
learned his skills from Titian
Established painter
Trained under SP for about
four years
Moved to Rome mid 1592
Worked for lesser-known painters
Cesari- worked odd jobs
paid such
great
attention to
detail in this
piece that a
horticulture
professor of
modern day
was able to
notice and
identify
several
common
plant diseases
of that time
within the
basket!!!
Boy with a Basket of Fruit, ca. 1592
Boy Peeling Fruit, ca. 1592-93
Boy Bitten by a Lizard, ca. 1592-93
When still in Rome began selling his
artwork and became more well known.
Cardinal Francesco Maria
Del Monte
“intimate chamber-pieces
Religious paintings: Church had all of the
money.
Wanted to attract more patronage
Paintings were intense and brought viewer
face-to-face with ideas
Great brutality and emotion shown in new
paintings.
Sacrifice of Isaac
1599- becoming very well known and
Was mostly liked.
“Contarelli Chapel of Rome”:
Martyrdom of St Matthew and
Calling of St Matthew
Commissioned by other
churches to paint things such as : The
Inspiration of St Matthew, The
Entombment of Christ, and Madonna
and Child with St Anne.
Contarelli Chapel of Rome
Martyrdom of St Matthew
Calling of St Matthew
Was always pretty violent,
angry, and running away from
punishments but this time
murdered a man
Ran away to Naples,
where Romans couldn’t reach him.
Colonna family: many
church commissions (making him the
most famous artist in area)
Quickly fled to Malta to gain pardon from Alof da
Wignacourt did not stay long; moved to Sicily
Became popular in Sicily but decided to return to Naples,
where he created his final paintings including “The
Beheading of St John the Baptist”
Mysterious
disappearance.
Intended on
bringing last 3
paintings as a plea
to Scipione Borghese by boat but never made it.
Was thought
to have died of
fever.
Works of art known
as “The Impossible
Exhibition” because
paintings and pieces
of art are spread out
throughout the
world!
Bacchus
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