Giovanni Angelo Criscuolo
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Giovanni Angelo Criscuolo was the younger brother of Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo
. Although he showed an early inclination for art, his father would not permit him to make it his profession, but obliged him to follow the business of a notary. On the death of his father, the reputation his brother had acquired induced him to abandon his occupation, and place himself under the tuition of Marco di Pino da Siena
, by whose instruction he became a reputable artist. Dominici
describes many of his works in the churches at Naples
, among which is an altar-piece
in the church of San Stefano, representing the 'Martyrdom of St. Stephen'; in Monte Calvario, a picture of the 'Virgin and Infant, with St. Jerome,' dated 1572; in San Severino, an 'Annunciation;' and in San
Giacomo degli Spagnuoli, an 'Assumption of the Virgin.' He wrote a 'History of the Neapolitan Artists to 1569.' The exact date of his death is not known; some say about 1580.
Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo
Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo was an Italian painter, active during the late-Renaissance period, mainly in Naples.Born in Gaeta, He trained with Andrea da Salerno and with Perino del Vaga in Rome. His brother Giovanni Angelico and daughter Mariangiola were also painters. He apparently wrote a...
. Although he showed an early inclination for art, his father would not permit him to make it his profession, but obliged him to follow the business of a notary. On the death of his father, the reputation his brother had acquired induced him to abandon his occupation, and place himself under the tuition of Marco di Pino da Siena
Marco Pino
Marco Pino or Marco da Siena was an Italian painter of the Renaissance and Mannerist period. Born and first trained in Siena, he later worked in Rome and in Naples, where he died. He was putatively a pupil of the painters Beccafumi and Daniele da Volterra. The biographer Filippo Baldinucci also...
, by whose instruction he became a reputable artist. Dominici
Bernardo de' Dominici
Bernardo de' Dominici was an Italian art historian and painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Naples, painting landscapes, marine vedute, and genre scenes such as characteristic of Bamboccianti...
describes many of his works in the churches at Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, among which is an altar-piece
Altarpiece
An altarpiece is a picture or relief representing a religious subject and suspended in a frame behind the altar of a church. The altarpiece is often made up of two or more separate panels created using a technique known as panel painting. It is then called a diptych, triptych or polyptych for two,...
in the church of San Stefano, representing the 'Martyrdom of St. Stephen'; in Monte Calvario, a picture of the 'Virgin and Infant, with St. Jerome,' dated 1572; in San Severino, an 'Annunciation;' and in San
Giacomo degli Spagnuoli, an 'Assumption of the Virgin.' He wrote a 'History of the Neapolitan Artists to 1569.' The exact date of his death is not known; some say about 1580.