Dutch painter (b. 1629, Leiden, d. 1667, Amsterdam).  Related Paintings of METSU, Gabriel :. | Man Writing a Letter gsg | The Hunter and a Woman sg | The Sick Child af | Vegetable Market in Amsterdam | The Feast of the Bean King sg |
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princess adelaide dorleans taking aharp lesson with mme de genlis,c. 1789 versailles, museum
dante alighieri
Born: 1265 Birthplace: Florence, Italy Died: September 1321 (Malaria) Best Known As: The author of The Divine Comedy
Bernardo Cavallino
Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1616-1656 was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, working in Naples. Born in Naples, he likely died during the plague epidemic in 1656. While his paintings are some of the more stunningly expressive works emerging from the Neapolitan artists of his day, little is known about the painter's background or training. Of eighty attributed paintings, less than ten are signed. He worked through private dealers and collectors whose records are no longer available. It is said that he trained with Massimo Stanzione, befriended the painter Andrea Vaccaro, and was influenced by Anthony Van Dyck, but his paintings could also be described as equidistant from Caravaggio and Bartolome Esteban Murillo in styles; tenebrism enveloped with a theatrical sweetness, a posed ecstasy and feeling characteristic of the high Roman baroque statuary. He is known to have worked in Neapolitan circles strongly influenced by Stanzione, which included Artemisia Gentileschi, Francesco Francanzano, Agostino Beltrano and Francesco Guarino. One of his masterpieces is the billowing maiden Virgin at the Brera Gallery in Milan. Passive amid the swirling,