CARACCIOLO, Giovanni Battista
Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1578-1635
Italian painter. He was one of the greatest Caravaggesque painters and the founder of Neapolitan Caravaggism. His Liberation of St Peter (c. 1615; Naples, Pio Monte della Misericordia; ) and Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples (1622; Naples, Certosa di S Martino; see fig. 2 below) are masterpieces of 17th-century Neapolitan art, and attain a powerful and tragic grandeur. Related Paintings of CARACCIOLO, Giovanni Battista :. | Liberation of St Peter f | St Onophrius fg | The Young Saint John in the Wilderness | Liberation of St Peter | Salome g | Related Artists: Orlando NorieBritish, 1832-1901 Anton mauveDutch Painter, 1838-1888
He came from a large family of clergymen in the province of North Holland. At the age of 16 he was apprenticed to the animal painter Pieter Frederik van Os (1808-92): animals (especially sheep, but also cows and horses) became Mauve's preferred theme. He then trained for a few months with Wouterus Verschuur, who gave him his love of horses, in the style, at least, of Paulus Potter and Philips Wouwerman. Johann Georg Grimmpainted Arabische Gasse in
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