Giovan Battista Ruoppolo (1629–1693) was a
Neapolitan
Neapolitan means of or pertaining to Naples, a city in Italy; or to:
Geography and history
* Province of Naples, a province in the Campania region of southern Italy that includes the city
* Duchy of Naples, in existence during the Early and Hig ...
painter of
still-lifes.
Life
He was a pupil of
Paolo Porpora
Paolo Porpora (1617–1673) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque, who was active mainly in Naples and specialized in floral still lifes. He is documented as a pupil of Giacomo Recco, the father of Giuseppe Recco, and said to have worked u ...
(1617–1673), a contemporary of
Salvatore Rosa. Additional Porpora pupils who formed a school of still-life painters in Naples were
Giovan Battista,
Giuseppe Recco
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Giuseppe Recco (1634 – 29 May 1695) was an Italian painter in the Baroque style. He specialized in a variety of still lifes.
Career
Born in Naples, he likely apprenticed with his family, including his father Giacomo Recco and u ...
, and Ruoppolo's brother of Giuseppe Ruoppolo.
His pupils included
Onofrio Loth and
Aniello Ascione
Aniello Ascione (''fl'' 1680 –1708) was an Italian painter of still lifes. He is regarded as an important representative of the Flemish style of Baroque still life painting and a follower of the Flemish painter Abraham Brueghel who worked in Na ...
.
[B. de’ Dominici, ''Vite de’ Pittori, Scultori ed Architetti Napoletani non mai date alla luce da autore alcuno,dedicate agli eccellentissimi Eletti della fedelissima citta di Napoli'']
Napoli 1742-44, I, p. 638 In addition, he influenced
Andrea Belvedere
Abate Andrea Belvedere (born 1646) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.
Life and Work
It is believed that the painter was born not in 1646, as De Dominici reported, but around 1652, based on the discovery, by Prota Giurleo, of the ac ...
and
Giacomo Nani. The initials of Ruoppolo match those of the younger Recco, suggesting some canvas attributions are likely in error. The dark backgrounds to his still life call to memory
Caravaggio's bowl of fruit and flowers. Another contemporary painter, though trained in Rome, of still lifes in Italy was
Giovanna Garzoni.
Gallery
Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo - Still-Life with Fruit and Dead Birds in a Landscape - WGA20535.jpg, Fruit and Dead Birds in Landscape
Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo - Fruit Still-Life - WGA20532.jpg, Fruit
Bunches of Grapes around a Tree Trunk - Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo - Louvre INV 595 ter.jpg, Bunches of Grapes around a Tree Trun
Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo - Fruit Still-Life - WGA20531.jpg, Snail, Fruit, Nuts, Grapes, and Pinecones
References
Sources
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External links
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Ruoppolo, Giovanni Battista
Ruoppolo, Giovanni Battista
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Italian Baroque painters
Italian still life painters