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Manfredi, Bartolommeo

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Manfredi, Bartolommeo (bapt. Ostiano, nr. Mantua, 25 Aug. 1582; d Rome, 12 Dec. 1622). Italian painter, active mainly in Rome, where he was one of Caravaggio's leading followers. It is not known when he settled in Rome (his life is poorly documented), but it was probably not later than about 1605 and he could well have been personally acquainted with the master (who left the city in 1606). Most of Manfredi's work was on religious subjects, but he is particularly important for his low-life scenes of drinkers, card-players, fortune-tellers, etc., for it was he rather than Caravaggio himself who was mainly responsible for popularizing this kind of work, especially among painters from France and the Netherlands who visited or settled in Italy (Tournier and Valentin, for example). None of Manfredi's paintings are signed, dated, or documented, and several of the 40 or so works that are now given to him were formerly attributed to Caravaggio, for example Mars Punishing Cupid (c.1607, Art Inst. of Chicago).

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Manfredi, Bartolommeo

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Manfredi, Bartolommeo (1582–1622). Italian painter, born near Mantua and active mainly in Rome, where he was one of the most important of Caravaggio's followers. He painted various subjects but is best known for low-life scenes of taverns, cardplaying, soldiers in guardrooms, etc., and it was he rather than Caravaggio himself who was mainly responsible for popularizing this kind of work, particularly with painters from France and the Netherlands who visited Italy. In spite of his contemporary reputation, no works survive that are signed or documented as his, and several of the 40 or so paintings now given to him were formerly attributed to Caravaggio.

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IAN CHILVERS. "Manfredi, Bartolommeo." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-ManfrediBartolommeo.html

IAN CHILVERS. "Manfredi, Bartolommeo." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-ManfrediBartolommeo.html

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