Orazio Gentileschi

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Orazio Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter renowned for his dramatic use of light and shadow and for being one of the leading followers of Caravaggio.

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Orazio Gentileschi canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque painter
Italian Baroque painter
human
painter
activeIn Genoa
London, England
surface form: London

Paris
Rome
artisticStyle Caravaggisti
surface form: Caravaggism
birthCountry Italy
birthDate 1563
birthPlace Pisa
child Artemisia Gentileschi
Francesco Gentileschi
contemporaryOf Annibale Carracci
Caravaggio
Guido Reni
deathCountry England
deathDate 1639
deathPlace London, England
surface form: London
era Baroque era
familyName Artemisia Gentileschi
surface form: Gentileschi
fieldOfWork history painting
mythological painting
religious painting
gender male
givenName Orazio
influencedBy Caravaggio
knownFor Caravaggesque naturalism
dramatic use of light and shadow
refined, elegant compositions
movement Baroque
name Orazio Gentileschi self-link
nationality Italian
notableFor being one of the leading followers of Caravaggio
notableWork Annunciation
Danaë
Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Saint Cecilia and an Angel
The Lute Player
occupation painter
patron Charles I of England
House of Savoy
Marie de’ Medici
surface form: Marie de' Medici
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
teacherOf Artemisia Gentileschi

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Caravaggisti hasNotableMember Orazio Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi influencedBy Orazio Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi father Orazio Gentileschi
Valentin de Boulogne influencedBy Orazio Gentileschi
Orazio Gentileschi name Orazio Gentileschi self-link
Prudenzia Stiattesi relative Orazio Gentileschi