Cesare Fracanzano
Cesare Fracanzano (c. 1609–1651), a Neapolitan painter who flourished in the 17th century, was a pupil of Spagnoletto. Cesare Fracanzano was born in Bisceglie, in Apulia by Alessandro, a nobleman originally from Verona and grow up in the artistic city of Barletta, the same town of Giuseppe de Nittis.
Also recorded as Cesare Cacansano · Cesare Fragonzano · Cesare Fracanzani · Cesare Fraganzano
Cesare Fracanzano
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- Name
- Cesare Fracanzano
- Born
- 9 October 1609
- Birthplace
- Bisceglie
- Died
- 1651
- Place of death
- Barletta
- Spouse
- Beatrice Covelli
- Field
- painting, fresco
- Movement
- Caravaggism
- Occupation
- painter
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His pictorial style was based on Ribera, but also on Tintoretto, the Carracci brothers and Guido Reni. After long years of artistic preparation and work in Naples, in 1626 he returned to Apulia, to Barletta 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, Rome and other places in Apulia. There is in the Museo del Prado (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 was also a painter.
Ignatius of Antiochie
Neapolitan School of Painting, possibly Cesare Fracanzano (1605-1651) · [1] - Galleria Borghese, Rome
Cesare Fracanzano, Cesare Francazano Dos Luchadores
Cesare Fracanzano
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• Name — Cesare Fracanzano • Birth Name — Cesare Fracanzano • Born — 9 October 1609 • Birthplace — Bisceglie • Died — 1651 • Place of death — Barletta • Spouse — Beatrice Covelli • Field — painting, fresco • Movement — Caravaggism
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• Illustration — Martyrdom of Ignatius of Antiochie, Galleria Borghese, Rome • Illustration — St. John Baptist, National Museum of Capodimonte, Naples • Illustration — Immaculate, church of San Ferdinando, Naples • Illustration — Egyptian Holy Mary, Certosa di San Martino, Naples • Illustration — Dying mother, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna • Illustration — Healing of a possessed man, signed, Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples
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