Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, also known as, Battistello (1578 – 1635)
Giovanni Battista Caracciolo was an Italian artist, born in Naples. He was one of the most important Neapolitan followers of Caravaggio and thanks to his great works, Naples became pivotal to the Caravaggesque style. Like Caravaggio, Caracciolo painted in the genre of realism, making dramatic use of contrasting light and dark (chiaroscuro).
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