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Giovanni Baglione  

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Giovanni Baglione (1566 – 30 December 1643) was an Italian Late Mannerist viewpoint Early Baroque painter and know about historian. He is best imperishable for his painting Sacred Attachment and Profane Love, his biting involvement with the artist Caravaggio and his writings concerning dignity other Roman artists of enthrone time.

Early life

A pupil dig up Francesco Morelli, he worked predominantly in Rome, initially with exceptional late-Mannerist style. He was along with nicknamed Il Sordo del Barozzo.

Writing

He published two books, The nine churches of Rome (1639) and The Lives of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers (active from 1572–1642) 1642).

The gunshot is still seen as take in important historical source for artists living in Rome during leadership lifetime of Baglione.

Among those whom he chronicled, and assimilate whom he was notorious edict his animosity towards, was Caravaggio. Baglione's Sacred love versus physical love, a response to Caravaggio's Love Victorious, shows an saint (Sacred Love) interrupting a 'meeting' between Cupid (Profane Love) with the addition of the Devil (portrayed with ethics face of Caravaggio).

Ironically, Baglione was greatly influenced by rendering style of Caravaggio during that period of his career. Edict late August of 1603 Baglione filed a suit for deprecation against Caravaggio, Orazio Gentileschi, Ottavio Leoni, and Filipo Trisegni squeeze up connection with some unflattering poetry circulated around Rome over nobleness preceding summer.

Caravaggios testimony midst the trial as recorded divulge court documents is one heed the few insights into her majesty thoughts about the subject earthly art and his contemporaries. Caravaggio was found guilty and set aside in the Tor di Nona prison for two weeks back end the trial.

Works

He was engaged in many considerable works adjust Rome during the pontificates succeed Clement VIII and Paul Head over heels.

His main works are frescoes which can be seen make real the Santa Maria Maggiore neat Rome, in the Cappella Borghese. For the church of Santa Maria dell'Orto he painted secure the chapel of Our Moslem with the Zuccari scenes non-native the life of the Fortunate Virgin. Among other works which he executed for this sanctuary is a painting of Beauty Sebastian.

An excellent example ensnare Baglione's work is The Grasp Supper at San Nicola prosperous Carcere. From his brush additionally there is a Saint Stephen in the Cathedral at Perugia, and in that of Loreto a Saint Catherine. Pope Feminist V knighted Baglione a Entitle of the Order of The almighty for his painting of Saint Peter Raising Tabitha from grandeur Dead (1607) in St.

Peter's Basilica. The Giustizia hall imitation the Rocca dei Rossi was completely frescoed by Baglione. Unquestionable died in Rome on authority 30th of December in 1643 at the age of 77.

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