Bernardo Cavallino

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Immaculata , around 1650, Brera Art Gallery

Bernardo Cavallino (* 1616 in Naples ; † 1656 there ) was a Neapolitan painter of the Baroque .

Life

Little is known about his training. He was influenced by local painters such as Massimo Stanzione , whose pupil he may have been, and Andrea Vaccano and by Caravaggio , also through Artemisia Gentileschi and other Neapolitan Caravaggists, but also by many other painters from whom he took inspiration ( Peter Paul Rubens , Anthonis van Dyck and others).

He mostly painted biblical, mythological or historical subjects in a small format, with realistic rendering of the people, even if he had a tendency to portray them elongated.

About 80 paintings by him are known or have been attributed to him, but only about ten are actually signed by him. Only one picture is dated, Saint Cecilia in the National Gallery in the Palazzo di Capodimonte in Naples (1645). This is probably due to the fact that Cavallino mainly worked for private clients. One of his main works is the “Virgin Mary” in the Brera Pinacoteca in Milan. He died in 1656 of the plague that broke out in Naples that year.

gallery

  • Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia, 1645, Naples, Museum of Capodimonte

  • The piano player, Museum of Fine Arts Lyon

  • Hercules and Omphale, around 1640, National Museum of Western Art, Japan

  • Martyrdom of Saint Stephen, Prado

  • The Immaculate Conception, around 1640, Museum of Fine Arts Caen

  • Gaius Mucius Scaevola and King Porsenna, Kimbell Art Museum

  • Esther and Ahaseurus, Uffizi

  • Dream of Saint Joseph, National Museum Warsaw

  • Adoration of the three kings

  • The Evangelist John, National Museum Szczecin

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Cavallino, Bernardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian baroque painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1616
PLACE OF BIRTH Naples
DATE OF DEATH 1656
Place of death Naples