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CARACCIOLO, Giovanni Battista (b. 1578, Napoli, d. 1635, Napoli) |
A Young Man1605-10Oil on canvas, 63 x 50 cm Private collection | |
The painting, showing the half-length figure of a young man, reflects the influence of Caravaggio's St John the Baptist, painted in Naples. However, the youth's air of coarseness and his enticing smile seem far removed from a religious representation, and these qualities would seem instead to suggest a figure of Bacchus. The painting attests to Caracciolo's prominent role among the Caravaggesque painters at the heart of the Neapolitan School. |
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