Pacecco De Rosa (byname of Giovanni Francesco De Rosa; 17 December 1607 - 1656) was an Italian painter, active in

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Biography

He was a contemporary of

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or, according to others, a pupil of him. De Rosa was influenced by his father-in-law, Filippo Vitale, also a painter: this is shown in his earlier works, such as a ''Deposition'' now in the Museum of the

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. Also in the Certosa is a ''St. Nicholas of Bari and Basilius'' (1636), showing influences of both Stanzione and

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, who was in Naples from 1631. Attributed to De Rosa is a series portraying the ''Madonna with Child'' (one in Museum of the Certosa di San Martino; one in the church of Santa Marta, Naples; and one in the National Gallery of

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). Of the 1640s is a painting, in collaboration with Vitale, of the ''Madonna with St. Charles Borromeo'' in the church of

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. His other works include an ''Annunciation'' in

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, ''St. Thomas of Aquino'' in Santa Maria della Sanità and the later ''Massacre of the Innocents'' in the Museum of

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and ''Diana Bathing'' in the

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. Among the artists thought to be in his circle are

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.Incontri Napoletano
essay by Gemma Cautela on ''San Michele Arcangelo abbatte il demonio'' found in the church of Purgatorio ad Arco, Naples. He died in Naples in 1656 from the Plague.

Gallery

Francesco de Rosa gen. Pacecco de Rosa - Flora - GG 9679 - Kunsthistorisches Museum.jpg, Flora Pacecco de Rosa Deposición Museo de San Martino Napoles.jpg, Deposition Pacecco de rosa, strage degli innocenti, 1640 ca. 01.JPG, Massacre of the Innocents Pacecco de Rosa Retrato de muchacho Rafael Gallery NY.jpg, Portrait of a boy Francesco de Rosa gen. Pacecco de Rosa - Christus an der Geisselsäule - GG 5800 - Kunsthistorisches Museum.jpg, Christ at the Column Francesco de Rosa gen. Pacecco de Rosa - Hl. Sebastian - GG 5802 - Kunsthistorisches Museum.jpg, Saint Sebastian Basilica di Santa Maria della Sanità. (8466).jpg, Saint Thomas Aquinas

Sources

External links

*
Guide to De Rosa's works

''Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi''
a fully digitized exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries, which contains material on Pacecco De Rosa (see index) {{DEFAULTSORT:De Rosa, Pacecco 1607 births 1656 deaths 17th-century Neapolitan people 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Naples