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Attributed to Orazio da Ferrari (1606 - 1657), Monumental Judith with the head of Holofrenes, Genoese Italian school of the 17th century Large oil on canvas. Measurements: 200 x 160 cm. Framed measurements: 225 x 185 cm. Orazio de Ferrari (Voltri, August 22, 1606-Genoa, 1657). From humble roots, he was a disciple of his compatriot Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo, who, appreciating his good judgment, had encouraged his father to direct him to the study of the liberal arts, and ended up favoring the disciple by marrying him to one of his nieces, named Giorgetta.​ The first The commissions of which there is evidence, already as a painter, date from 1627, but the earliest of his works preserved and dated is the altar cloth with Saint Sebastian, the Virgin and Child and Saints Roque, Apolonia, Águeda and Cristóbal, painted in 1630 for the Compagnia dei Camalli or San Sebastian parish church of Saints Nicholas and Erasmus of Voltri, where a year later he married Giorgetta. From 1634 to 1637, years of which there is no documentary trace in Genoa, it is possible that he lived in Naples, taking into account the Caravaggist influences in the manner of José de Ribera that can be seen in some of his works. Also around that year he began his relationship with Prince Honorato II of Monaco, who, says Soprani, "molte cose gli fece dipingere sia nel palazzo, sia nelle Chiese del Principato", for which he rewarded him with the knight's cross. of the Order of Saint Michael, but none of the paintings he painted for him have been preserved. It is also probable that he also served the prince as an intermediary for the acquisition of works of art and in 1655 he collaborated in the scenography of the ballet Le vittorie di Minerva o vero la Virtù trionfante de'Viti, performed at the Monaco carnival of 1655 by initiative of Aurelia Spinola. He died due to the plague of 1657, after testifying on September 14. His wife and all his children also died with him due to the epidemic, among them the ...

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Attributed to Orazio da Ferrari (1606 - 1657), Monumental Judith with the head of Holofrenes, Genoese Italian school of the 17th century Large oil on canvas. Measurements: 200 x 160 cm. Framed measurements: 225 x 185 cm. Orazio de Ferrari (Voltri, August 22, 1606-Genoa, 1657). From humble roots, he was a disciple of his compatriot Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo, who, appreciating his good judgment, had encouraged his father to direct him to the study of the liberal arts, and ended up favoring the disciple by marrying him to one of his nieces, named Giorgetta.​ The first The commissions of which there is evidence, already as a painter, date from 1627, but the earliest of his works preserved and dated is the altar cloth with Saint Sebastian, the Virgin and Child and Saints Roque, Apolonia, Águeda and Cristóbal, painted in 1630 for the Compagnia dei Camalli or San Sebastian parish church of Saints Nicholas and Erasmus of Voltri, where a year later he married Giorgetta. From 1634 to 1637, years of which there is no documentary trace in Genoa, it is possible that he lived in Naples, taking into account the Caravaggist influences in the manner of José de Ribera that can be seen in some of his works. Also around that year he began his relationship with Prince Honorato II of Monaco, who, says Soprani, "molte cose gli fece dipingere sia nel palazzo, sia nelle Chiese del Principato", for which he rewarded him with the knight's cross. of the Order of Saint Michael, but none of the paintings he painted for him have been preserved. It is also probable that he also served the prince as an intermediary for the acquisition of works of art and in 1655 he collaborated in the scenography of the ballet Le vittorie di Minerva o vero la Virtù trionfante de'Viti, performed at the Monaco carnival of 1655 by initiative of Aurelia Spinola. He died due to the plague of 1657, after testifying on September 14. His wife and all his children also died with him due to the epidemic, among them the ...

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