Giuseppe Cesari (after), Perseus and Andromeda. End of 17th century/early 18th century. Giuseppe Cesari1568 Arpino - 1640 Rome. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Giuseppe Cesari (1568-1640), Hans Rottenhammer the Younger (1564-1625) and Paolo Veronese (1576-1578) created paintings with the same convention of representation and similar composition. Reduced size (painted margins). Verso spots of binder (glue remains of former doubling?). Numerous retouchings in the incarnate parts, the mouth and hands of Andromeda as well as large parts of the rocks replaced. Painting layer surface partially rubbed and with age craquelure. Dimensions: 57.2 x 41.7 cm. Giuseppe Cesari 1568 Arpino - 1640 Rome Cesari - also called Cavalier d''Arpino - was born as son of the votive painter Muzio di Polidoro. Together with his mother Giovanna he moved to Rome in 1582, studied in the workshop of Niccolò Circignani and participated in decorative works in the Vatican Palace. From 1583 member of the painters' guild Accademia di San Luca. Under Pope Clemens VIII. Aldobrandini, Cesari became the most important painter in Rome and received numerous commissions, especially for frescoes. Among his most important works are wall frescoes in the Conservator's Palace on the Capitol in Rome and mosaics in the dome of St. Peter's Cathedral; other works, some of which no longer exist, were created in the Quirinal Palace, Palazzo Santori and San Lorenzo in Damaso. Among others, Michelangelo da Caravaggio worked in his workshop. Artistically, he soon turned away from Mannerism and became the most radical and first representative of the Classicist Baroque.