Orazio Gentileschi
Orazio Gentileschi (* 1563 in Pisa, † 1639 in London) was an Italian painter.
Life
1626 was followed by Orazio Gentileschi was the first Italian painter the reputation of Charles I in England. Until then, he lived in Genoa, sponsored by the Vatican and the Medici family. He was responsible for the design of the Queen's House in Greenwich ( partially relocated to Marlborough House ). Despite its high reputation was his attempt to introduce the Italian style in England, not successful.
Orazio Gentileschi was at times overshadowed by his daughter Artemisia, which is a famous painter was also. But he also was an important painter of his time, the ideas of Caravaggio followed in his style.
Many of his pictures live by the strong contrast at which the dark areas are punctuated by bright light Punken. The best-known paintings Gentileschi's are mostly small paintings that can also appear parallels to Elsheimer in the precise representation of nature.
For this typical style Gentileschi was in the early 17th century after a longer orientation period in Rome.
Works
(Selection)
- About 1580 frescoes in San Giovanni in Laterano
- 1620: Martha blames her sister Mary ( Alte Pinakothek )
- 1628: The peace of the Holy Family on the Flight into Egypt ( Louvre) - the same subject was also treated by Elsheimer, a comparison will be quite attractive
- The salvation of Moses, Prado, Madrid
- The Flight into Egypt, Louvre, Paris
- Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Hampton Court Palace, London