Massimo Stanzione
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Massimo Stanzione (also called Stanzioni; c. 1586 - c. 1656) was an Italian Baroque painter, mainly active in Naples.
Stanzione was born in Orta di Atella, in the modern province of Caserta. His initial training is unclear; he may have trained with Fabrizio Santafede, but his main influences appear to be that of the Caravaggisti such as Artemisia Gentileschi, Simon Vouet, and Carlo Saraceni. Other sources claim Battistello Caracciolo was his mentor[1]. He is known to have been in Rome during 1617. He is called by some the Neapolitan Guido Reni and is part of a movement that moved from the darker and highly contrasted Carravagism of Ribera and Caracciolo to a more Bolognese colorism and softness. Bernardo Cavallino, Francesco Guarino, Aniella di Beltrano, Carlo Rosa, Santillo Sannini [2], Paolo Domenico Finoglia [3] are said to be his pupils. He painted frescoes in the chapel of San Mauro and chapel of Saint John the Baptist in the Certosa di San Martino.
He died in Naples.
[edit] References
- Wittkower, Rudolf (1993). Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750, 1980, Penguin Books, pp. 358-359.
- ULAN entry from Getty Museum.
