Benedetto Caliari (1538–1598) was an Italian painter who was born into a family of artists. Benedetto's father Gabriele Caliari was a stonecutter. Benedetto's brother Paolo Caliari was the renowned painter

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Life

Veronese's principal assistants were his younger brother Benedetto Caliari and his two sons Carlo or Carletto Caliari (1570–1596) and

Gabriele Caliari Gabriele Caliari (1568–1631) was an Italian of the late-Renaissance period. He was the eldest son of Paolo Veronese, born in 1568, and died of the plague. After training in the workshop of his father, he seems to have painted few pictures of hi ...

(1568–1631). Benedetto Caliari, who was about ten years younger than Veronese, is reputed to have had a very large share in the architectural backgrounds that form so conspicuous a feature in Veronese's compositions. After Veronese's death in 1588, Benedetto, Carlo and Gabriele completed his unfinished paintings. They often signed collectively as ''Paolo's heirs''. The

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(Bérgamo, Italy), the

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are among the public collections holding works by Benedetto Caliari.

Gallery

File:Benedetto Caliari - The Deposition of Christ, c. 1577.JPG, ''The Deposition of Christ'', painting by Benedetto Caliari, c. 1577,

File:Caliari_Holy_Family.jpg, ''Holy Family with St. John the Baptist'', painting by Benedetto Caliari, 1580–1590, Museum of King John III's Palace at Wilanów, Warsaw File:The_Finding_of_Moses_-_Benedetto_Caliari.jpg, "The Finding of Moses", painting by Benedetto Caliari, Private Collection. File:Veronese Workshop (Possibly Benedetto Caliari), Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, c. 1575-1585, NGA 46146.jpg, ''Saint Jerome in the Wilderness'', painting by Veronese Workshop, possibly Benedetto Caliari, 1575–1585,

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References

* *Freedberg, Sydney Joseph, ''Painting in Italy, 1500–1600'', Penguin, Baltimore, 1975. 1538 births 1598 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Verona Italian Renaissance painters Sibling artists {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub