Orazio gentileschi biography of george michael

The inescapable influence of Caravaggio

When the whirlwind of violence, profanity and big art that was Caravaggio spun through Italy, he left a trail of newly-minted Baroque painters in his wake.

Before him are Gentile da Fabriano (1370), Baldassare Galuppi (1706), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), Claudia Mori (1944), Julia Minor (-101), and Mario Beccaria (1920). Not much is known about Orazio’s early works, though he seems to have been involved in a number of collaborative fresco projects. The ceiling canvases, on which Artemisia is thought to have collaborated during her trip to London in the late 1630s, were the last great achievement of Orazio’s career.

La tour reduced the dramatic light source to a pinprick—a single candle illuminating faces lost in thought.

In a race to make paintings bolder, bigger, and more dramatic, La Tour gave silence its space.

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His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024).

After him are Martin de Porres, Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, Roelant Savery, Martin Opitz, Stefano Landi, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Augusta of Denmark, and John Ford.

Others Born in 1563

In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Orazio Gentileschi ranks 906 out of 5,161.

Before him are Mustafa I, and Tommaso Campanella. In March 1612 Orazio pressed charges against Tassi for ‘deflowering’ his daughter, Artemisia – the lengthy trial resulted in Tassi’s conviction and Artemisia’s departure for Florence.

Although Orazio continued to gain commissions and broaden his private clientele (including the powerful Savelli family), it seems that the trial may have compromised his career prospects in Rome.

Before him are Baldassare Peruzzi (1481), Sebastiano del Piombo (1485), Rosalba Carriera (1673), Cosimo Rosselli (1439), Guercino (1591), and Gentile da Fabriano (1370). Born in Tuscany, he began his career in Rome, painting in a Mannerist style, much of his work consisting of painting the figures within the decorative schemes of other artists.

In 1576/8 Orazio moved to Rome, where he assumed the name ‘Gentileschi’ (from a maternal uncle). He counted noblemen and monarchs among his patrons and spent the last twelve years of his life in England at the court of King Charles I, joining the ranks of other celebrated artist-diplomats who travelled to London, Anthony van Dyck and Peter Paul Rubens.

Orazio was born in Pisa, into a family of artists – his father Giovanni Battista Lomi was a Florentine goldsmith and his older brother Aurelio was a painter.

Among people deceased in 1639, Orazio Gentileschi ranks 3. Before him are Gentile da Fabriano, Carel Fabritius, Gerda Wegener, Gerrit Dou, Vilhelm Hammershøi, and Angela Hitler. We do know that he lived with his wife in the quiet town of Lunéville in France, slowly growing a reputation as a painter of quietly powerful religious scenes, and was eventually named Painter to the King by Louis XIII.

So why do we talk about La Tour?

A pivotal moment in Orazio’s career came in 1621 when he was invited to Genoa by Giovan Antonio Sauli and worked for the Duke of Savoy in Turin.

A few years later he was in Paris, working for the Queen of France, Maria (Marie) de’ Medici. Everyone wanted to be Caravaggio, and it was nearly impossible not to be influenced by the vehemence of his bold new style.

Here Orazio met George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, who was quick to invite him to London. Orazio Gentileschi is the 276th most popular painter (up from 295th in 2024), the 906th most popular biography from Italy (up from 960th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Italian Painter.

Orazio Gentileschi is most famous for his painting, "The Sacrifice of Iphigenia." The painting depicts the sacrifice of Iphigenia in order to appease the gods and ensure a safe voyage for the Greeks.