Tag Archives: Giovan Bernardino Azzolino, Giovanni Bernardino Azzolino, Neapolitan painting, Italian Baroque, Seicento, late Mannerism, Caravaggism, Caravaggio, Jusepe de Ribera, Fabrizio Santafede, Ippolito Borghe

Naples at the Turn of the Seventeenth Century At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Naples possessed a flourishing and diverse artistic culture, supported by numerous churches, religious foundations and private patrons. Its connections with Rome, other Italian artistic centres and the territories of the Spanish monarchy encouraged the circulation of artists and artistic ideas.Continue reading “Giovan Bernardino Azzolino (c. 1572–1645) and the Persistence of Tradition”