Bernardo Cavallino

Bernardo Cavallino ( * 1616 in Naples, † 1656 ) was a Neapolitan painter of the Baroque.

Little is known about his education. He was by local painters such as Massimo Stanzione, whose pupil he may have been, and influenced Andrea Vaccano and by Caravaggio, also on Artemisia Gentileschi and other Neapolitan Caravaggisti, but also by many other painters, from whom he took over suggestions (Peter Paul Rubens, Anthonis van Dyck and others).

He painted mostly biblical, mythological, or historical subjects in a small format, with realistic rendering of people, even though he had a tendency to portray them dragged out.

From him about 80 paintings are known, or are attributed to him, but are only about ten actually signed by him. Only one picture is dated, the St. Cecilia in the National Gallery in the Palazzo di Capodimonte in Naples ( 1645). Probably based on the fact that Cavallino worked mainly for private clients. One of his major works is the " Virgin Mary " in the Brera Art Gallery in Milan. He died in 1656 of the plague, which had broken out in Naples in that year.

Gallery

The piano player, Museum of Fine Arts Lyon

Hercules and Omphale, 1640, National Museum of Western Art, Japan

Martyrdom of Saint Stephen, Prado

The Immaculate Conception, about 1640, Museum of Fine Arts, Caen

Gaius Mucius Scaevola and King Porsena, Kimbell Art Museum

Esther and Ahaseurus, Uffizi

Dream of Saint Joseph, National Museum, Warsaw

Adoration of the Magi

John the Evangelist, National Museum Szczecin