GENTILESCHI, Orazio c. 1603
Oil on canvas, 126 x 98 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid St Francis Supported by an Angel sdgh 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.
