Giovan Battista Ruoppolo
Italian painter
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| Intro | Italian painter | ||
| A.K.A. | Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo Giovanni Battista Ruppoli Giovanni Battista Ruoppoli Titta Ruoppolo Giovanni Battista Ruopolo Giovanbattista Ruoppolo | ||
| A.K.A. | Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo Giovanni Battista Ruppoli Giovanni Battista Ruoppoli Titta Ruoppolo Giovanni Battista Ruopolo Giovanbattista Ruoppolo | ||
| Places | Italy | ||
| was | Painter | ||
| Work field | Arts | ||
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| Genres: | Still life | ||
| Birth | 1629, Naples, Italy | ||
| Death | 1693Naples, Italy (aged 64 years) | ||
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Biography
Giovan Battista Ruoppolo (1629–1693) was a Neapolitan painter of still-lifes.
Life
He was a pupil of Paolo Porpora (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, and Ruoppolo's brother of Giuseppe Ruoppolo.
His pupils included Onofrio Loth and Aniello Ascione. In addition, he influenced Andrea Belvedere 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.
Source
- Wittkower, Rudolf (1980). Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750. Pelican History of Art (Penguin Books Ltd). pp. 361–2.