Baroque painters

Domenico Gargiulo 4.7 (26)

17th-century Italian painters, Artists from Naples, Baroque painters, Neapolitan School of painting, Person / , , , , , , ,

Domenico Gargiulo (c. 1609 – c. 1675), better known by his nickname Micco Spadaro, was an Italian Baroque painter and draughtsman who served as the preeminent “visual chronicler” of 17th-century Naples. 🎨 Unlike many of his contemporaries who focused on idealized religious subjects, Gargiulo is celebrated for his vivid, topographically accurate depictions of contemporary Neapolitan […]

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Giovanni Andrea Sirani 4.6 (25)

17th-century Italian painters, Artists from Bologna, Baroque painters, Italian male engravers, Person / , , , , , , ,

Giovanni Andrea Sirani (4 September 1610 – 21 May 1670) was an Italian Baroque painter and printmaker of the Bolognese School. 🎨 A primary pupil and close collaborator of the legendary Guido Reni, Sirani became a central figure in the mid-17th century art scene in Bologna, eventually succeeding Reni as the head of his prestigious

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