GARGIULO, Domenico
(b. ca. 1609, Napoli, d. ca. 1675, Napoli)

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well

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Oil on canvas, 135 x 157 cm
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

The statuesque calm of the figures, the clear composition with special emphasis on the horizontal and vertical lines, and the measured colour scheme are all characteristic of Gargiulo who represents in Naples the classically tinged school with references back to Antiquity.




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