GENTILESCHI, Orazio Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1563-1639
Although he was eight years older than Caravaggio, he is nevertheless regarded as a Caravaggesque artist, so deeply was his mature style affected by his knowledge of the younger painter's art. His response to Caravaggio was intensely poetic, and none of Caravaggio's many gifted followers produced more beautiful pictures. David Contemplating the Head of Goliath fh c. 1610
Oil on canvas, 173 x 142 cm
Galleria Spada, Rome
