Alessandro Vittrice
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Alessandro Vittrice commissioned Caravaggio
in 1601 to paint The Entombment of Christ
as an altarpiece for the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella
.
The church had been re-built by Saint
Phillip Neri for his Oratorian order, and Vittrice was the nephew of a friend of Saint Phillip's.
Vittrice is also known to have been, in 1620, the owner of Caravaggio's The Fortune Teller
.
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...
in 1601 to paint The Entombment of Christ
The Entombment of Christ (Caravaggio)
The Entombment of Christ is a painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. It was painted for Santa Maria in Vallicella, a church built for the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, and adjacent to the buildings of the order...
as an altarpiece for the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella
Santa Maria in Vallicella
Santa Maria in Vallicella, also called Chiesa Nuova, is a church in Rome, Italy, which today faces onto the main thoroughfare of the Corso Vittorio Emanuele...
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The church had been re-built by Saint
Saint
A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
Phillip Neri for his Oratorian order, and Vittrice was the nephew of a friend of Saint Phillip's.
Vittrice is also known to have been, in 1620, the owner of Caravaggio's The Fortune Teller
The Fortune Teller (Caravaggio)
The Fortune Teller is a painting by Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. It exists in two versions, both by Caravaggio, the first from 1594 , the second from 1595...
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