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| Giovanni Serodine Calling of the Sons of Zebedee ca. 1625 oil on canvas Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo, Ascona, Switzerland |
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| Giovanni Serodine Christ among the Doctors 1625 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |
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| Giovanni Serodine St Margaret resuscitating a Youth ca. 1625 oil on canvas Museo del Prado, Madrid |
"Serodine's family originated in Ascona near Lake Maggiore, and moved to Rome, where his father is documented in 1595 and where the artist was probably born around 1600. He produced his early works in conjunction with his brother Giovanni Battista, an expert stucco artist, an activity in which both were engaged. Indeed, documents prove that the initial commissions Giovanni Serodine received were to collaborate in this decorative specialty for the church of the Conception in Spoleto, in 1624, together with mural paintings. The earliest known easel painting can be dated to around 1625, The Calling of the Sons of Zebedee . . . executed in Rome and taken to Ascona by his father following Serodine's early death. He was undoubtedly influenced by Bartolomeo Manfredi and Antiveduto Grammatica, also by Orazio Borgianni and Marcantonio Bassetti of Verona. Serodine enjoyed a fine reputation in Rome and received a number of church commissions. He also painted works on canvas for Duke Asdrubal Mattei, brother of Caravaggio's patron Ciriaco Mattei. . . . He painted a portrait of his father (now in Lugano) and used him as model for St. Joseph in a Holy Family (now in Ascona). It is reckoned that his last work was the great Coronation of the Virgin, also executed in Rome and transported by his father to Ascona. During his mature phase Serodine took contrasts of light and shadow even further than Caravaggio, though he remained faithful to the moral and human aspects of the latter's art."
– from curator's notes at Museo del Prado
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| Giovanni Serodine Portrait of the Artist's Father 1628 oil on canvas Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, Switzerland |
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| Giovanni Serodine Holy Family ca. 1625-26 oil on canvas Casa Serodine, Ascona, Switzerland |
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| Giovanni Serodine Head of a Bearded Man ca. 1625-30 drawing, with watercolor Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Giovanni Serodine St Peter in Prison ca. 1625-30 oil on canvas Pinacoteca Cantonale Giovanni Züst, Rancate, Switzerland |
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| Giovanni Serodine Portrait of a Youth ca. 1625-30 oil on canvas private collection |
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| Giovanni Serodine St John the Evangelist ca. 1625-30 oil on canvas Galleria Sabauda, Turin |
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| Giovanni Serodine St Lawrence distributing Treasures of the Church to the Poor ca. 1625-26 oil on canvas Abbazia di Casamari, Veroli |
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| Giovanni Serodine The Tribute Money ca. 1625 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Giovanni Serodine The Madonna presents the Banner of the Order of Mercedarians to St Peter Nolasco ca. 1625-30 oil on canvas Pinacoteca Cantonale Giovanni Züst, Rancate, Switzerland |
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| Giovanni Serodine Doubting Thomas ca. 1625-30 oil on canvas National Museum, Warsaw |
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| Giovanni Serodine Coronation of the Virgin ca. 1629-30 oil on canvas Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo, Ascona, Switzerland |