active in Florence in the Second half of the fifteenth century Related Paintings of Master of the Louvre Nativity :. | European city landscape, street landsacpe, construction, frontstore, building and architecture. 243 | sjalvportratt med minervabyst | Sermon of St Mark in Alexandria (detail) 165 | Young Drinker | Seascape, boats, ships and warships. 50 | Related Artists:
Thomas Pakenham19 October 1864?C21 August 1915
Bernardo CavallinoItalian 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,
Clement Drew1806-1889