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	Lute Player Born Giovan Battista di Jacopo in 1494, Fiorentino gained the nickname Il Rosso for his bright red hair. He worked in the influence of the Florentine School of painting, and was largely responsible for introducing that style to France as part of the School of Fontainebleau. In 1527 the sack of Rome by Charles V forced Il Rosso to flee to France. Here he worked with other artists and architects in decorating the new Chateau de Fontainebleau. Il Rosso's greatest work is often considered that done in Volterra in Tuscany, the powerful altarpiece, the Deposition or Descent from the Cross. He was known for the poetic composition of his figures, his bold design, and a charming style.	Child Graphics Company CGCart You might also like:
	Cupid on Clouds. The Italian painter Rosalba Carriera was born on October 7, 1675 in Venice. At fourteen years old under the tutelage of Giuseppe Diamantini, she began drawing and copying oil paintings. Her first successes were achieved with her miniature likenesses in tempera on ivory. International appreciation of Carriera's work began in Germany when she was invited to the court in Düsseldorf in 1706. Soon the high nobility of Europe were finding their own way to her studio in Venice. Named an honorary member of the academies in Bologna and Paris, her works were inspirations to such portrait artists as La Tour, Perroneau, Liotard, and Meng.
	Angel Artist Baldassare Franceschini Volterrano painted frescoes, altarpieces and easel pictures for numerous churches and palaces in Florence, Volterra and Rome during the latter part of the 17th century. His large-scale, crowded fresco compositions reflect an adaptation into a Florentine idiom of the Roman Baroque manner, derived from Pietro da Cortona’s frescoes in the Palazzo Pitti, where Volterrano himself also worked, decorating the ceiling of the Sala di Vittoria della Rovere. His painting style also shows the influence of Correggio.
Lute Player by Rosso Fiorentino. 20" x 16" art print, $~~11.00~~ $5.00. Cupid in Clouds by Rosalba Carriera. 8" x 10" small art print, $6.00. Angel by Baldassare Franceschini Volterrano. 8" x 10" small art print, $6.00.		Back to Museum Art Back to Home Page