Giuseppe Cesari (Cavalier d'Arpino) (1568 - 1640)
1568-02Rome, Italy1640-07-03Rome, ItalyItaly
Giuseppe Cesari (Cavalier d'Arpino)
Giuseppe Cesari was an Italian Mannerist painter, also named Il Giuseppino and called Cavaliere d'Arpino, because he was created Cavaliere di Cristo by his patron Pope Clement VIII. He was much patronized in Rome by both Clement and Sixtus V. He was the chief of the studio in which Caravaggio trained upon the younger painter's arrival in Rome.
Date and place of birt: | February 1568, Rome, Italy |
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Date and place of death: | 3 july 1640, Rome, Italy |
Nationality: | Italy |
Period of activity: | XVI, XVII century |
Specialization: | Artist, Painter |
Art school / group: | Italian school |
Genre: | History painting, Mythological painting, Religious genre |
Art style: | Mannerism |