Artist
Neapolitan 17th Century
1612–1666
Neapolitan 17th Century was a Baroque artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art.
This artist made ink drawings crowded with dramatic scenes. One sheet piles up a soldier drawing his sword, a crucifix, and odd creatures all in quick, scratchy lines. Another shows the Virgin and Child suddenly appearing before two nuns, the figures ghosted in soft gray washes.
In both works you feel the hand moving fast across the page, layering faith, violence, and strangeness. Tap Sheet of Studies with a Soldier Drawing a Sword to see how they piled so much into one sheet.
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