Giulio Cesare Procaccini

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Museum Cerralbo, Madrid.[1]

Giulio Cesare Procaccini (1574–1625) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the early Baroque era in Milan.

Biography

Born in

. The family moved to Milan around 1585 with the help of the rich art collector Pirro Visconti.

He began as a sculptor in the

Saint Charles Borromeo
.

Among his many altarpieces are the Circumcision (c.1616) now in Galleria Estense, Modena, and the Last Supper (1616) for Convent associated with the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato in Genoa. He also painted the Scourging of Christ. In 1620 for the Church of Santa Maria di Canepanova in Pavia he painted two canvases depicting Debora who has the army gather and Rachel with Jacob at the well and, still in the same city, Saint Teresa for the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie.[2]

He worked with

Rubens
.

His style shows the influence of Bolognese mannerism and Venetian colorism and marks the beginning of the Baroque.

Gallery

Partial anthology

  • Coronation of the Virgin [1]
  • Virgin with Saints Francis and Dominic; institution of the Rosary [2]
  • Ecce Homo, 1615–1620, today at the Dallas Museum of Art [3][permanent dead link]

References

  1. ^ "Red Digital de Colecciones de Museos de España - Museos". ceres.mcu.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  2. ^ "Cenni Storici e Architettonici". Frati di Canepanova. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Garland with the Virgin and Child and two Angels - The Collection - Museo Nacional del Prado". www.museodelprado.es. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  4. ^ "Garland with the Virgin and Child and two Angels - The Collection - Museo Nacional del Prado". www.museodelprado.es. Retrieved July 6, 2021.

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