Massacre of the Innocents
Technical Details
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Title
Massacre of the Innocents -
Author
Bernardo Cavallino -
Year
1640 -
Dimensions
cm 144 x 199 -
Inventory
2326 -
Room
XXXI
There is so little documentary evidence for this Neapolitan painter, who painted only one known work, that the reconstruction of his career is based on attribution alone. This picture, once part of the Perrino collection in Naples, shows us how Cavallino set out from the Caravaggesque manner of Artemisia Gentileschi and Vouet in order to turn gradually towards a richer painterly style and a more jewel-like palette inspired by Rubens’ Herodias and the work of Sir Anthony van Dyck.
