Orazio borgianni biography books list

Selected Bibliography. Bottari, Stefano. "Il

Orazio Borgianni 6 April - 14 January was an Italian painter and etcher of the Mannerist and early-Baroque periods. He was the stepbrother of the sculptor and architect Giulio Lasso. Borgianni was born in Rome, where he was documented in February He was instructed in the art of painting by his brother, Giulio Borgiani, called Scalzo.

He returned to Rome from Spain after April at the height of his career, and most of the work of his maturity was carried out On his return to Rome he was patronized by the Spanish ambassador, for whom he painted several pictures, and he was also employed in painting for the churches. He painted as late as , after which he returned to Spain.

His canvas of San Carlo Borromeo in the church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane is an eclectic and emotive synthesis of both Carracci and tenebrist styles. The influence of Caravaggio is also evident in a painting of the same saint now in the Hermitage Museum. His early biographer was his contemporary, Giovanni Baglione,[4] who leans heavily on anecdote.

He is said to have had a temper; riding one day in a coach, at Rome, he saw some artists, among whom was Caravaggio , laughing at him; he sprang from the carriage, seized a bottle of varnish from the shop of a druggist, and threw it at the heads of the offenders. A composition of many figures; marked two Marys and St. John; dated Christopher giving his hand to the Infant Jesus.

Christopher carrying the Infant on his Shoulder.