- Andrea Vaccaro
Andrea Vaccaro (c.
May 8 ,1600 –January 18 ,1670 ) was an Italian painter of theBaroque period, active mostly inNaples in a tenebrist style.Born in Naples to a family of painters, including Domenico Antonio and
Lorenzo Vaccaro , he first apprenticed with the late-Mannerist painterGirolamo Imparato . His initial paintings soon after 1620 show the influence ofCaravaggio and his Neapolitan followers. He painted a copy of Caravaggio’s "Flagellation" (Galleria Nazionale di Capodimonte ), at one time, both the copy and original hung together inSan Domenico Maggiore . He also painted a "David with the Head of Goliath" (Florence) and "Saint Sebastian" (Capodimonte). After 1630, Vaccaro’s tenebrism became more illuminated and less harsh and he was patronized by theSpanish Viceroy ,Gaspar de Bracamonte , Count of Penaranda;Gaspar Roomer ; andJan Vandeneyden . One of his pupils wasGiuseppe Fattoruso .References
* [http://www.artnet.com/library/08/0875/T087524.asp| Grove Encyclopedia entry on Artnet]
* [http://www.umfa.utah.edu/index.php?id=MjE&collection_id=20| Short biography.]
*The Spanish Viceroy,Luca Giordano , & Andrea Vaccaro, Harold E. Wethey. The Burlington Magazine (1967). P678-687.
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