A descriptive catalogue of the pictures in the Fitzwilliam museum, comp largely from materials supplied by Sidney Colvin .. . 141 177 Sorgh.~\ CATALOGUE OF PICTURES 187 wished to give him a classical education, but in 1674 allowed him to go to Naples, where hestudied first under Francesco di Maria and afterwards under Giacomo del Po. Hethen went to Rome, where he became a friend of Luca Giordano and studied the worksof the later painters such as Carlo Maratti. In 1702 he was commissioned by Philip Spain to paint some pictures for his chapel at Madrid. His works in both fresco and oilare n
A descriptive catalogue of the pictures in the Fitzwilliam museum, comp largely from materials supplied by Sidney Colvin .. . 141 177 Sorgh.~\ CATALOGUE OF PICTURES 187 wished to give him a classical education, but in 1674 allowed him to go to Naples, where hestudied first under Francesco di Maria and afterwards under Giacomo del Po. Hethen went to Rome, where he became a friend of Luca Giordano and studied the worksof the later painters such as Carlo Maratti. In 1702 he was commissioned by Philip Spain to paint some pictures for his chapel at Madrid. His works in both fresco and oilare numerous and chiefly of sacred subjects. He left many pupils and was a musician andpoet as well as a painter. He died at Naples, April 5, 1747. His style in painting waseclectic, but he had the love of strong contrasts of light and shade which is characteristic ofthe Neapolitan School. II. 177. Virgin and Child. The Virgin, one-third length, isseated facing to 1.; her r. arm is round the Child, her 1. holding somedrapery. She wears a dark green mantle over a red brown dressopen in front, and a head dress of lighter green
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