GENTILESCHI, ORAZIO


Meaning of GENTILESCHI, ORAZIO in English

orig. Orazio Lomi

born 1562, Pisa

died с 1639, London, Eng.

Italian painter.

He went to Rome с 1576–78 and painted frescoes in various churches (с 1590–1600). His paintings of the early 17th century reveal the influence of Caravaggio 's strong chiaroscuro and contemporary figure types; though more refined than Caravaggio's works, they lack the master's power and uncompromising realism. Invited to England by Charles I in 1626, he remained there as court painter the rest of his life. Artemisia Gentileschi was his daughter.

"The Annunciation," painting by Orazio Gentileschi, 1623; in the Galleria Sabauda, ...

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