FALCONE, Aniello

Italian painter, Naples school (b. 1607, Napoli, d. 1656, Napoli). Italian painter and draughtsman. He trained briefly with Jusepe de Ribera, the Caravaggesque Spanish painter. He quickly won fame as a specialist in scenes of battle, and his contemporaries nicknamed him the 'oracle' of this genre. Falcone created the 'battle scene without a hero' (Saxl): he showed the battle as a brutal, confused struggle between anonymous troops, without heroes, without defeats and without particular historical incidents. The Battle between Turks and Christians (1621; Paris, Louvre; see fig.) is one of the earliest. The frieze-like composition is elaborately structured, yet the picture is rich in intensely naturalistic, vividly coloured details of armour and weapons and precisely observed expressions of anger and pain. The famous dealer and collector Gaspar Roomer and other Neapolitan collectors commissioned many battle pictures from him, and these were soon introduced throughout Europe. He was especially favoured by Ferrante Spinelli, Prince of Tarsia, who gave Falcone a residence in his palace after 1651.
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FALCONE, Aniello The Anchorite djs oil


The Anchorite djs
Painting ID::  6633 		The Anchorite djs
c. 1650 Oil on canvas, 102 x 53 cm Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
   
   
     
FALCONE, Aniello The Concert fghd oil


The Concert fghd
Painting ID::  6634 		The Concert fghd
Oil on canvas, 109 x 127 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid
Oil_on_canvas,_109_x_127_cm Museo_del_Prado,_Madrid
   
   
     
FALCONE, Aniello Bataille d'Allemands contre les Turcs oil


Bataille d'Allemands contre les Turcs
Painting ID::  31009 		Bataille d'Allemands contre les Turcs
mk70 Toile H.1.36 L.1.68 Paris,Musee du Louvre
mk70 Toile H.1.36 L.1.68 Paris,Musee_du_Louvre
   
   
     
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     Italian painter, Naples school (b. 1607, Napoli, d. 1656, Napoli). Italian painter and draughtsman. He trained briefly with Jusepe de Ribera, the Caravaggesque Spanish painter. He quickly won fame as a specialist in scenes of battle, and his contemporaries nicknamed him the 'oracle' of this genre. Falcone created the 'battle scene without a hero' (Saxl): he showed the battle as a brutal, confused struggle between anonymous troops, without heroes, without defeats and without particular historical incidents. The Battle between Turks and Christians (1621; Paris, Louvre; see fig.) is one of the earliest. The frieze-like composition is elaborately structured, yet the picture is rich in intensely naturalistic, vividly coloured details of armour and weapons and precisely observed expressions of anger and pain. The famous dealer and collector Gaspar Roomer and other Neapolitan collectors commissioned many battle pictures from him, and these were soon introduced throughout Europe. He was especially favoured by Ferrante Spinelli, Prince of Tarsia, who gave Falcone a residence in his palace after 1651.

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