Paolo Domenico Finoglia, or Finoglio (c. 1590 – 1645), was an Italian painter of the early-

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

period, active mainly in South Italy, including

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

and towns in

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Life

Finoglia was born in

Orta di Atella Orta di Atella (Campanian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about southwest of Caserta. Orta di Atella borders the following municipalities: Caivano, Cr ...

, near Naples, but sometimes signed his work ''Neapolitanus''. He likely apprenticed with

Ippolito Borghese Ippolito Borghese (late 16th century – March 1627) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance, born in Sigillo (near Perugia). His training was probably in Rome, where he became a follower of Scipione Pulzone and was influenced by the pai ...

, but derived from

Battistello Caracciolo Giovanni Battista Caracciolo (also called Battistello) (1578–1635) was an Italian artist and important Neapolitan follower of Caravaggio. He was a member of the murderous Cabal of Naples, with Belisario Corenzio and Giambattista Caracciolo, w ...

a tenebrist style, similar to that of

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...

. In 1610–1616, he completed a series of works in

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

, including altarpieces and episodes from ''Life of Abraham'' during his stay in

, which now decorate the presbytery of the Church of San Giovanni d'Aymo. He painted extensively in 1620–1626 in the

Certosa di San Martino The ("Charterhouse of St. Martin") is a former monastery complex, now a museum, in Naples, southern Italy. Along with Castel Sant'Elmo that stands beside it, this is the most visible landmark of the city, perched atop the Vomero hill that command ...

in Naples. He painted a ''Baptism of St Celsus'' (c. 1635) for the

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Cathedral. He also painted a number of ''Immaculate Conception''s, including versions in

San Lorenzo Maggiore San Lorenzo Maggiore is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Benevento, in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is a member of the Titerno Local Action Group. Geography San Lorenzo Maggiore covers 16.17 square kilometers of hilly land ...

of Naples; in the Annunziata of Airola; in the church of San Francesco in

Montesarchio Montesarchio ( nap, Muntesarchio; la, Caudium; grc, Καύδιον, Kaúdion) is a ''comune'' in the Province of Benevento, Campania, southern Italy. It is located south-west of Benevento in the Valle Caudina at the foot of Monte Taburno. The ...

; and in the

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, as well as a ''Virgin with saints Margaret, Bernard & Anthony of Padua'' (1634) for the church of Santi Bernardo e Margherita a Fonseca in Naples, and an ''Annunciation'' and ''Bride of the seven canticles'' for the church of the Annunziata at Airola. One of Finoglia's masterpieces is the decorative series of ten large canvases on episodes of

Torquato Tasso Torquato Tasso ( , also , ; 11 March 154425 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1591 poem ''Gerusalemme liberata'' (Jerusalem Delivered), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between ...

's epic ''

Gerusalemme Liberata ''Jerusalem Delivered'', also known as ''The Liberation of Jerusalem'' ( it, La Gerusalemme liberata ; ), is an epic poem by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso, first published in 1581, that tells a largely mythified version of the First Crusade i ...

''. The series was commissioned for the family castle starting in 1634 by the count of

Conversano Conversano ( Barese: ) is an ancient town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, south-eastern Italy. It is southeast of Bari and from the Adriatic coast, at above sea level. The counts of Conversano owned a stud that they us ...

, Giangirolamo II Acquaviva d'Aragona. Finoglia first started working for the Count in 1622, when he decorated the bedroom ceilings with scenes from the story of ''Jacob and Rachel''. He later decorated the church of ''Santi Cosma e Damiano'' in

. The decoration of Tasso's work began in 1640, and continued until Finoglia's death in Conversano in 1645. The large canvases include representations of: *''The Torture of Olindo and Sofronia'' *''The encounter of Clorinda and Tancredi'' *''The duel between Raimondo di Tolosa and Argante'' *''Baptism and death of Clorinda'' *''Rinaldo and Armida in the enchanted garden'' *''Carlo and Ubaldo urge Rinaldo to fulfill his duty'' *''Armida tries to restrain Rinaldo '' *''Rinaldo abandons the enchanted Island '' *''Erminia discovers the wounded Tancredi'' *''Rinaldo, victorious, puts the enemy into flight'' The paintings had come into private hands, and were re-acquired by the town and rehung in their original places in the Castello. Among his pupils were Carlo Rosa and

Nicola Gliri Nicola Gliri (1630 -1687) (pronounced "Leary"), called in Latin Nicolaus Glirus, was an Italian Baroque painter active in the region of Apulia. He was born in Bitonto, but his best known works were completed alongside Carlo Rosa for the Basilic ...

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''Bari: in mostra il dipinto di Alessandro Turchi, detto l'Orbetto, raffigurante i Santi Cosma e Damiano'', exhibition, lighter notes.

Notes

References

entry of Finoglia.

External links

''Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi''
a fully digitized exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries, which contains material on Paolo Domenico Finoglia (see index) *
Jusepe de Ribera, 1591–1652
', a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which includes material on Paolo Domenico Finoglia (see index) {{DEFAULTSORT:Finoglia, Paolo Domenico 1590s births 1645 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Naples Italian Baroque painters Caravaggisti