Orazio Gentileschi

Portrait of Orazio Gentileschi by Lucas Emil Vorsterman after Sir Anthony van Dyck for “The Iconography”, c. 1630

Years of life:	1563 – 1639
Artist's students:	Artemisia Gentileschi
Art Movement:	Mannerism (Late Renaissance)
Painting School:	Caravaggisti

Genre:	Mythology , Portrait , Religious
Country:	Italy
Century:	XVII

Remarkable Tuscan artist. Born in Pisa, he settled in Rome in 1576. His work was influenced by Caravaggio but without his wild energy and imagination. In 1626 he became court painter to Charles I of England.

Orazio Gentileschi’s major works are The Lute Player, c. 1610 (Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art); Annunciation, c. 1621–23 (Turin: Galleria Sabauda); Lot and his Daughters, 1622 (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles); Cupid and Psyche, 1610s (St. Petersburg: Hermitage Museum).

References:

Robert Cumming. Art: complete encyclopedia. – 512 p. – Moscow: Astrel, 2005.

Artworks:

Young Woman Playing a Violin

1612

Young Woman Playing a Violin • 1612
Madonna

Madonna
Madonna and Child

1610

Madonna and Child • 1610
Martha rebukes her sister Mary

1620

Martha rebukes her sister Mary • 1620
St Francis Supported by an Angel

1603

St Francis Supported by an Angel • 1603
St Francis and the Angel

between 1612 and 1613

St Francis and the Angel • between 1612 and 1613
Mary Magdalene

1615

Mary Magdalene • 1615
Saint Cecilia with an Angel

between 1618 and 1621

Saint Cecilia with an Angel • between 1618 and 1621
Rest on the Flight into Egypt

between 1625 and 1626

Rest on the Flight into Egypt • between 1625 and 1626
Madonna and Child in a landscape

1621 - 1624

Madonna and Child in a landscape • 1621 - 1624
The Lute Player

1612-1620

The Lute Player • 1612-1620
Lot and his daughters

between 1622 and 1623

Lot and his daughters • between 1622 and 1623
Landscape with St Christopher

between 1605 and 1610

Landscape with St Christopher • between 1605 and 1610
Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes

from 1621 until 1624

Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes • from 1621 until 1624
Jesus asleep on the cross

Jesus asleep on the cross
Finding of Moses

between 1630 and 1633

Finding of Moses • between 1630 and 1633
Cupid and Psyche

late 1610s

Cupid and Psyche • late 1610s
The Annunciation

1623

The Annunciation • 1623
David Contemplating the Head of Goliath

1610

David Contemplating the Head of Goliath • 1610
Public Felicity Triumphant over Dangers

between 1624 and 1625

Public Felicity Triumphant over Dangers • between 1624 and 1625
Danae

1623

Danae • 1623