Bernardo Cavallino

Bernardo Cavallino

Bernardo Cavallino (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 Bartolomé 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 [ [http://www.wga.hu/html/c/cavallio/thebless.html Virgin at the Brera Gallery] ] . Passive amid the swirling, muscular putti, this Neapolitan signorina delicately rises from the fog, the updated Catholic baroque equivalent of a Botticelli's Venus. His "The Ecstasy of St Cecilia" exists both as cartoon (Museo di Capodimonte, Naples) [ [http://www.wga.hu/html/c/cavallio/cecilia.html The Ecstasy of St Cecilia (Naples)] ] and final copy in the Palazzo Vecchio of Florence. Finally, his "Esther and Ahaseurus" hangs in the Uffizi Gallery [ [http://www.wga.hu/html/c/cavallio/esther_a.html Esther and Ahaseurus (Uffizi, Florence)] ] .

References

Literature

* "On Seicento Painting in Naples: Some Observations on Bernardo Cavallino, Artemisia Gentileschi and Others", Józef Grabski. (1985) Artibus et Historiae. p. 23-63.
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External links

* [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=611&page=1|Getty Museum biography]


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