Cesare Fracanzano (1605-1651), a Neapolitan painter who flourished in the 17th century, was a pupil of

Spagnoletto Jusepe de Ribera (1591 – 1652) was a painter and printmaker, who along with Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and the singular Diego Velázquez, are regarded as the major artists of Spanish Baroque painting. Referring to ...

. Born in

Bisceglie Bisceglie (; nap, label= Biscegliese, Vescégghie) is a city and municipality of 55,251 inhabitants in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, in the Apulia region (''Italian'': ''Puglia''), in southern Italy. The municipality has the fourth h ...

, in Apulia by Alessandro, a nobleman originally from

Verona Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city municipality in the region and the second largest in nor ...

and a mannerist painter. His pictorial style was based on Ribera, but also on

Tintoretto Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed wit ...

, the Carracci brothers and

Guido Reni Guido Reni (; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religi ...

. After long years of artistic preparation and work in Naples, in 1626 he returned to Apulia, to

Barletta Barletta () is a city, ''comune'' of Apulia, in south eastern Italy. Barletta is the capoluogo, together with Andria and Trani, of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. It has a population of around 94,700 citizens. The city's territory be ...

where he married Beatrice Covelli. He worked a lot in the Apulian town in churches and noble palaces. He moved from his hometown only to carry out work commitments in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

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and other places in Apulia. There is in the

Museo del Prado The Prado Museum ( ; ), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It is widely considered to house one of the world's finest collections of European art, dating from th ...

(Madrid) a picture by him, representing ''Two Wrestlers''. His son, Michelangelo Fracanzano, who was also a painter, died in France about 1685. His brother

Francesco Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name "Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name Francesco * Francesco I (disambiguation), sever ...

was also a painter.

Gallery

File:Ignatius of Antiochie.jpg, ''Martyrdom of Ignatius of Antiochie'',

Galleria Borghese The Galleria Borghese () is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana. At the outset, the gallery building was integrated with its gardens, but nowadays the Villa Borghese gardens are considered a separate tourist ...

File:Cesare fracanzano, s. g. battista, 1635-40, Q1775.JPG, ''St. John Baptist'',

National Museum of Capodimonte Museo di Capodimonte is an art museum located in the Palace of Capodimonte, a grand Bourbon palazzo in Naples, Italy. The museum is the prime repository of Neapolitan painting and decorative art, with several important works from other Italian ...

File:Immacolata - San Ferdinando - Naples - Italy 2015.JPG, ''Immaculate'', church of San Ferdinando, Naples File:Napoli s Martino QDP Fracanzano s M Egiziaca 1050025.JPG, ''Egyptian Holy Mary'',

Certosa di San Martino The (" Charterhouse of St. Martin") is a former monastery complex, now a museum, in Naples, southern Italy. Along with Castel Sant'Elmo that stands beside it, this is the most visible landmark of the city, perched atop the Vomero hill that comman ...

, Naples File:Cesare Fracanzano - Sterbende Mutter nach einem Bild des Aristides von Theben - GG 1685 - Kunsthistorisches Museum.jpg, ''Dying mother'',

Kunsthistorisches Museum The Kunsthistorisches Museum ( "Museum of Art History", often referred to as the "Museum of Fine Arts") is an art museum in Vienna, Austria. Housed in its festive palatial building on the Vienna Ring Road, it is crowned with an octagonal d ...

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File:Guarigione di un indemoniato - Cesare Fracanzano.png, ''Healing of a possessed man'', signed,

Pio Monte della Misericordia The Pio Monte della Misericordia is a church in the historic center of Naples, southern Italy. It is famous for its art works, including Caravaggio's '' The Seven Works of Mercy''. A charity brotherhood (''Pio Monte della Misericordia'' meanin ...

References

External links

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Jusepe de Ribera, 1591-1652
', a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which includes material on Cesare Fracanzano (see index) 1605 births 1651 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Naples People from the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub