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Also Known As Orazio Lomi
Born 1562 • Pisa • Italy
Died February 7, 1639 (aged 77) • London • England
Notable Works “David and Goliath” • “Saint Cecilia and an Angel”
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture • tenebrism
Notable Family Members daughter Artemisia Gentileschi

Photos

Painting by Orazio Gentileschi showing Saint Cecilia playing a small organ while an angel with white wings holds sheet music beside her.
The Annunciation, painting by Orazio Gentileschi, 1623; in the Galleria Sabauda, Turin, Italy.
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Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
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Last Communion of Saint Jerome, oil painting by Domenichino, 1614; in the Vatican Museum.
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Pietro da Cortona: St. Martina
Pietro da Cortona
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“Fortune Teller,” oil painting by Piazzetta, 1740; in the Accademia, Venice
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Il Guercino: Abraham Driving Out Hagar and Ishmael
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Plate 13: “Aurora,” ceiling fresco by Guido Reni, 1613-14. In the Casino Rospigliosi, Rome.
Guido Reni
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Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Baciccio): The Triumph of the Name of Jesus
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Ciro Ferri: Triumph of Bacchus
Ciro Ferri
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Sebastiano Conca
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Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
Caravaggio
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Virginia da Vezzo, the Artist's Wife, as the Magdalen, oil on canvas by Simon Vouet, c. 1627; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 101.6 × 78.74 cm.
Simon Vouet
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Coello, Claudio: Adoration of the Holy Eucharist
Claudio Coello
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Jean Jouvenet: The Raising of Lazarus
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Titian: Venus of Urbino
Titian
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Giotto: Lamentation
Giotto
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Tintoretto: Last Supper
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Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
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Andrea Mantegna: Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga
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Sandro Botticelli: Birth of Venus
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Fra Angelico: Madonna of Humility
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