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Description: | Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, is represented in this painting wearing his episcopal robes and holding a crozier. He was one of the four Latin Doctors of the Church. This image shows the naturalism and strong chiaroscuro (extreme contrasts of light and dark) that characterise the Neapolitan school during the seventeenth century. Those qualities can be associated with the production of Jusepe Ribera's studio, where Cesare Fracanzano worked in about 1630. The brightness of the reds and ochres suggests the influence of Anthony Van Dyck's palette on Neapolitan painters in the 1640s. | Subjects: | religion (St Ambrose) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Fracanzano, Cesare (Italian painter, ca. 1605-1651) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Herrera, Francisco de, I (Spanish painter, ca.1576-ca.1654) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9023... | Go to resource |
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