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CAROSELLI, Angelo
Italian painter, Roman school (b. 1585, Roma, d. 1652, Roma)
Italian painter. He was the son of a dealer in second-hand goods and taught himself to paint. According to Baldinucci, he knew Caravaggio, who fled Rome in 1606, and this association may have encouraged his decision to become a painter. After visits to Florence (1605) and Naples (1613), Caroselli settled in Rome, where, in 1615, he married a Sicilian, Maria Zurca. His weakness for beautiful women was notorious (Baldinucci; Passeri). His second marriage, to Brigitta Lauri, daughter of the Flemish painter Balthasar Lauwers or Lauri (1578-1645), |
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Rest on the Flight into Egypt dfg
Painting ID:: 5840
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CAROSELLI, Angelo
Italian painter, Roman school (b. 1585, Roma, d. 1652, Roma)
Italian painter. He was the son of a dealer in second-hand goods and taught himself to paint. According to Baldinucci, he knew Caravaggio, who fled Rome in 1606, and this association may have encouraged his decision to become a painter. After visits to Florence (1605) and Naples (1613), Caroselli settled in Rome, where, in 1615, he married a Sicilian, Maria Zurca. His weakness for beautiful women was notorious (Baldinucci; Passeri). His second marriage, to Brigitta Lauri, daughter of the Flemish painter Balthasar Lauwers or Lauri (1578-1645),
Rest on the Flight into Egypt dfg
1630-45
Oil on canvas, 122 x 144 cm
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
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