Giovanni Do (before 1617 – ?1656) was a Spanish painter, active in

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. He was born in the town of

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, near

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in Spain. By 1626, Giovanni Do was in Naples, and that year he married Grazia, sister of

Pacecco De Rosa Pacecco De Rosa (byname of Giovanni Francesco De Rosa; 17 December 1607 - 1656) was an Italian painter, active in Naples. Biography He was a contemporary of Massimo Stanzione or, according to others, a pupil of him. De Rosa was influenced by his ...

; the marriage contract describes him as Spanish and states the painters

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo Giovanni Battista Caracciolo (also called Battistello) (1578–1635) was an Italian artist and important Neapolitan follower of Caravaggio. He was a member of the murderous Cabal of Naples, with Belisario Corenzio and Giambattista Caracciolo, ...

and fellow Spaniard

Jusepe de Ribera Jusepe de Ribera (; baptised 17 February 1591 – 3 November 1652) was a Spanish painter and Printmaking, printmaker. Ribera, Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and the singular Diego Velázquez, are regarded as the major artist ...

as witnesses. His only masterpiece, and firm attribution, is his gloom-stricken

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‘'Adoration of shepherds'’ for the

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in Naples. The

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in Madrid owns a beautiful ''Adoration of the Shepherds'' proved to be a versión of an unpublished original by Ribera, of similar measures, was discovered that in 2012 appeared on the Art market.

References

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Artnet biography from Grove encyclopedia or Art.

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 Giovanni Do (see index) 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Naples Spanish Baroque painters 1650s deaths Year of birth uncertain People from Xàtiva Spanish male painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub