Orazio Gentileschi, 1562-1647 – Vintage Wall Art
![Orazio Gentileschi, 1562-1647, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c0/c025e9b4f3da-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare antique engraving captures Orazio Gentileschi, 1562-1647 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Orazio Gentileschi, 1562-1647
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This engraving reproduces a portrait of Orazio Gentileschi, the Italian painter who followed Caravaggio's naturalistic style and whose work in Rome, Genoa, and later London helped shape Baroque painting, including that of his daughter Artemisia. The likeness comes from Anthony van Dyck, the Flemish painter who worked in Italy during the 1620s, and G. Batta Cecchi translated that painted image into lines so it could circulate more widely. The caption card gives no date, so the year of printing is unknown, but reproductive prints like this were a common way for artists' portraits to reach collectors and scholars. The engraver's handling of light and texture is worth studying against the original painting.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Engraving by G. Batta Cecchi after Van Dyck. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Biog.; Pub. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,132 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157111 |
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