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Bernardo Cavallino Bernardo Cavallino
Cavallino, Bernardo (bapt. Naples, 25 Aug. 1616; d ?Naples, ?1656). Neapolitan painter. He was the most individual and sensitive Neapolitan painter of his time, but his career is somewhat obscure. About 80 paintings by him are extant, but only one is dated, St Cecilia in Ecstasy (1645, Palazzo ... Read more
Titian Titian
Titian , c.1490-1576, Venetian painter, whose name was Tiziano Vecellio, b. Pieve di Cadore in the Dolomites. Of the very first rank among the artists of the Renaissance, Titian had an immense influence on succeeding generations of painters, especially in his use of color. Life and Works Titian... Read more
Alfonso V Alfonso V
Alfonso V (Alfonso the Magnanimous), 1396-1458, king of Aragón and Sicily (1416-58) and of Naples (1443-58), count of Barcelona. He was the son of Ferdinand I, whom he succeeded in Aragón and Sicily. Queen Joanna II of Naples sought his aid against Louis III , rival king of Naples,... Read more
Rene Rene
René , 1409-80, king of Naples (1435-80; rival claimant to Alfonso V of Aragón and Ferdinand I of Naples), duke of Anjou, Bar, and Lorraine, count of Provence. He was also called René of Anjou and Good King René. The second son of King Louis II of Naples, he was count... Read more
Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo
Ruoppolo, Giovanni Battista (b Naples, 1629; d Naples, 1693). Neapolitan still-life painter. He specialized in pictures of flowers and food (especially fruit and seafood), depicted in an exuberant and succulent style. With Recco he was the finest Italian still-life painter of his period. His nephew... Read more
Lancelot Lancelot
Lancelot or Ladislaus , c.1376-1414, king of Naples (1386-1414), son and successor of Charles III. Almost his entire reign was consumed by his struggle with the Angevin rival king of Naples, Louis II , and with Louis's ally, the antipope John XXIII (see Cossa, Baldassare ). Fortunes shifted... Read more
Louis III Louis III
Louis III 1403-34, king of Naples (1417-34; rival claimant to Joanna II ), duke of Anjou, count of Provence, son and successor of Louis II. He invaded Naples in 1420. Queen Joanna called in the aid of Alfonso V of Aragón and Sicily and adopted him as heir (1421), but Alfonso's domineering... Read more
Sebastiano Conca Sebastiano Conca
Conca, Sebastiano (b Gaeta, 8 Jan. 1680; d Naples, 1 Sept. 1764). Italian painter. He was a pupil of Solimena in Naples, then in about 1706 moved to Rome, where he became one of the leading decorative painters during the first half of the 18th century, developing an elegant Rococo style out of the... Read more
Luca Giordano Luca Giordano
Luca Giordano , 1632-1705, Italian decorative painter, b. Naples. He was the pupil of Ribera and Pietro da Cortona. He imitated the works of the great masters with amazing speed and facility and ultimately based his style upon those of Veronese and Cortona. Giordano decorated the cupola of the... Read more
Giovanni Paolo Pannini Giovanni Paolo Pannini
Giovanni Paolo Pannini , 1691-1765, Italian painter. Pannini abandoned the study of architecture for painting, becoming famed for his broad cityscapes, or vidute. His commemorative paintings of public events work tiny human figures into vast urban settings. In his paintings of ruins (e.g., Roman... Read more

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