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Giovanni Battista Caracciolo

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo (1578 - 1635) was active/lived in Italy.  Giovanni Caracciolo is known for Religious theme painting.

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo (also called Battistello) (1578-1635) was an Italian artist and important Neapolitan follower of Caravaggio. Caracciolo was born in Naples. His initial training was with Francesco Imparato. Caravaggio arrived there in late 1606 after killing a man in a brawl in Rome. His stay in the city lasted only about eight months, with another brief visit in 1609/1610, yet his impact on artistic life there was profound.

Battistello, only a few years younger than Caravaggio, was among the first there to adopt the startling new style with its sombre palette, dramatic tenebrism*, and sculptural figures in a shallow picture plane defined by light rather than by perspective. Among the Neapolitan Caravaggisti were Giuseppe Ribera, Carlo Sellitto, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Caracciolo's pupil, Mattia Preti, then early in his career.

Among the earliest works showing the influence of Caravaggio was the Liberation of St Peter (1608-09), painted for the same   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2434 characters.]  Artist bio

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