I'm not very knowledgeable about religious painters of that period but his work reminds me of Caravaggio, one of the old masters. Here are a few paintings chosen by me with no particular knowledge of what exactly is representative of the painter. I like the paintings of the female saints best and being a fan of still life, I chose a couple of those as well.
St. Casilda
c. 1630-1645
St. Apollonia
The Virgin
I wonder how long someone would have to pose to have a picture painted of them!
ReplyDeleteNow, I wonder why he is not more well known?
ReplyDeleteI like his saintly paintings.
never heard of him, yet his style does seem familiar...
ReplyDeleteROG, ABC Wednesday team
Amazing paintings... Wow!!!
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I like his paintings, too, although I've never heard of him.
ReplyDeleteI do have to say I wouldn't want to own a picture of the virgin standing on the heads of babies. Even if they are meant to be angels, disembodied heads are more than somewhat eerie, as are the faintly-seen faces around her halo.
My favorite is the single flower, cup and plate.
-- K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel
Aha. I just read in another Z blog that this IS Carvaggio, so you have a very good eye!
ReplyDeleteI should probably leave it to the other blogger to tell you, but I just got so excited to think you had picked him out and recognized him despite him being best known by his nickname.
-- K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel
Oh dear, St Casilda only lived to be 15. His paintings are lovely but very ascetic. I wonder if that's what reminded you of Caraveggio.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this post. I love Zubarán's still lifes.
ReplyDeleteanother educational post.
ReplyDeleteNathalie
ABC Wednesday Team
This is an artist I've never come across before. I really like what I see, particularly the still life with lemons and plate and cup. Can smell those lemons. Thanks for the introduction, Gina.
ReplyDeleteThanks, all!
ReplyDeleteKay - I could be missing something obscure but I don't believe that Caravagio and Zubarán are the same artist. A bit of a mystery here...
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For one thing, Caravaggio was Italian and Zubarán, Spanish.
ReplyDeleteThis series is a complete swizz. I've checked it out every week and not once has there been any mention of me.
ReplyDeleteRowan Williams - I'm sorry! :-D Are you a friend of Mad Priest?
ReplyDeleteI rather like the paintings - would be interesting to see them in real life as they appear so very, very detailed. Good Z post!
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