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Francesco Del Cairo BIOGRAPHY
1607 Varese, Italy - 1665 Milan, Italy. Known for: Portrait, history, religious and genre painting.
Francesco Del Cairo, Francesco Cairo, Pier Francesco Cairo, Il Cavaliere Del Cairo (1607- 1665). A religious painter, he is mostly known for his seductive, quasi erotic depictions of female saints... Read full biography
Francesco Del Cairo, Francesco Cairo, Pier Francesco Cairo, Il Cavaliere Del Cairo (1607- 1665). A religious painter, he is mostly known for his seductive, quasi erotic depictions of female saints and heroines. A celebrated court painter in Turin, del Cairo frequently painted dark biblical and... Read full biography
Francesco Del Cairo, Francesco Cairo, Pier Francesco Cairo, Il Cavaliere Del Cairo (1607- 1665). A religious painter, he is mostly known for his seductive, quasi erotic depictions of female saints and heroines. A celebrated court painter in Turin, del Cairo frequently painted dark biblical and historical subjects that bordered on the macabre. He was born, in Varese, around 1598/1607 and was baptized in the church of Santo Stefano in Brolio in 1607. Cairo was influenced by G. B. Crespi, Tanzio... Read full biography
Francesco Del Cairo, Francesco Cairo, Pier Francesco Cairo, Il Cavaliere Del Cairo (1607- 1665). A religious painter, he is mostly known for his seductive, quasi erotic depictions of female saints and heroines. A celebrated court painter in Turin, del Cairo frequently painted dark biblical and historical subjects that bordered on the macabre. He was born, in Varese, around 1598/1607 and was baptized in the church of Santo Stefano in Brolio in 1607. Cairo was influenced by G. B. Crespi, Tanzio da Varallo, Guido Reni, and Bernardo Strozzi. In 1633, Cairo moved to Turin to work as a court painter to Vittorio Amedeo I of the House of Savoy and in 1634, he was made Knight in the Order of Sts. Laurazo and Maurizio. Between 1637-1638, Cairo... Read full biography
Francesco Del Cairo, Francesco Cairo, Pier Francesco Cairo, Il Cavaliere Del Cairo (1607- 1665). A religious painter, he is mostly known for his seductive, quasi erotic depictions of female saints and heroines. A celebrated court painter in Turin, del Cairo frequently painted dark biblical and historical subjects that bordered on the macabre. He was born, in Varese, around 1598/1607 and was baptized in the church of Santo Stefano in Brolio in 1607. Cairo was influenced by G. B. Crespi, Tanzio da Varallo, Guido Reni, and Bernardo Strozzi. In 1633, Cairo moved to Turin to work as a court painter to Vittorio Amedeo I of the House of Savoy and in 1634, he was made Knight in the Order of Sts. Laurazo and Maurizio. Between 1637-1638, Cairo traveled to Rome, where he encountered the works of Pietro da Cortona, Guido Reni and of the Caravag... Read full biography
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Il Cavaliere Del Cairo, Pier Francesco Cairo
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Francesco Del Cairo, Francesco Cairo, Pier Francesco Cairo, Il Cavaliere Del Cairo (1607- 1665)
A religious painter, he is mostly known for his seductive, quasi erotic depictions of female saints and heroines. A celebrated court painter in Turin, del Cairo frequently painted dark biblical and historical subjects that bordered on the macabre
He was born, in Varese, around 1598/1607 and was baptized in the church of Santo Stefano in Brolio in 1607. Cairo was influenced by G. B. Crespi, Tanzio da Varallo, Guido Reni, and Bernardo Strozzi. In 1633, Cairo moved to Turin to work as a court painter to Vittorio Amedeo I of the House of Savoy and in 1634, he was made Knight in the Order of Sts. Laurazo and...But wait, there's more...
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