Friday, December 8, 2023

Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)
(1597 - 1669)
 
Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini, Cortona 1597 - Rome 1669) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. He was also an important designer of interior decorations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_da_Cortona


The Allumiere of Tolfa
1630
Oil on Canvas
61 x 75 cm
Musei Capitolini, Rome
https://www.museicapitolini.org/en/opera/le-allumiere-di-tolfa
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