Battistello Caracciolo
Giovanni Battista Caracciolo , called Battistello , (* 1578 in Naples ; † 1635 ibid) was a Neapolitan Baroque painter who succeeded Caravaggio .
Life
He was apprenticed to Francesco Imperato (around 1520–1570). Caracciolo was strongly influenced by Caravaggio , who was in Naples in 1606/07 and again briefly in 1609/10, but made a great impression there. In addition to Caracciolo, Jusepe de Ribera , Carlo Sellitto , Artemisia Gentileschi and Caracciolo's pupil Mattia Preti were among the Neapolitan Caravaggists.
His masterpiece is the liberation of Peter from 1608/09 for the church Pio Monte della Misericordia , for which Caravaggio had painted the Seven Works of Mercy 1606–1607 .
Battistello visited Rome in 1614 and Genoa, Rome and Florence in 1618. He came under the classicist influence of Ludovico Carracci and his cousins (Bolognese school), which marked his later work, for example the frescoes washing the feet from 1622 in the Certosa di San Martino monastery in Naples.
gallery
Sleeping Cupid , Whitfield Fine Art
Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian , Fogg Art Museum
Salome , 1615-1620, Uffizi Gallery
literature
- Stefano Causa Battistello Caracciolo: L'Opera Completa 1578-1635 , Naples 2000 (Causa did his doctorate on Battistello at the University of Naples: Ricerche su Battistello Caracciolo 1994/95)
- Ferdinando Bologna (editor) Battistello Caracciolo e il primo naturalismo a Napoli , exhibition catalog Castel San Elmo, Chiesa della Certosa di San Martino, 1991/92
- Nicola Spinosa et al. a. Tres Siglos de Oro de la Pintura Napolitana. De Battistello Caracciolo a Giacinto Gigante , exhibition catalog, Museum of Fine Arts Valencia 2003/4, Ed. Caja Duero, 2003
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caracciolo, Battistello |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Caracciolo, Giovanni Battista; Battistello |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1578 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1635 |
| Place of death | Naples |