GENTILESCHI, Orazio 1630-33
Oil on canvas, 242 x 281 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid Finding of Moses dfgh Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1563-1639
Although he was eight years older than Caravaggio, he is nevertheless regarded as a Caravaggesque artist, so deeply was his mature style affected by his knowledge of the younger painter's art. His response to Caravaggio was intensely poetic, and none of Caravaggio's many gifted followers produced more beautiful pictures.
