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Cavaliere d’Arpino Head of Tullius Hostilius 1597 Museum Kunstpalast Dusseldorf |
Giuseppe Cesare (1568-1640) usually appears as the Cavaliere d'Arpino in art history books, a title of honor bestowed by his patron, the Aldobrandini pope Clement VIII. The surviving drawings of this expressive artist are perhaps stronger and more eloquent than the surviving paintings.
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Cavaliere d'Arpino Figure studies 17th century Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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Cavaliere d’Arpino Equestrian Study 1601 Museum Kunstpalast Dusseldorf |
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Cavaliere d'Arpino Decorative Figure Holding Back a Curtain ca. 1595-96 drawing British Museum |
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Cavaliere d'Arpino Study for the Expulsion of Eve ca. 1602-03 drawing British Museum |
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Cavaliere d'Arpino Figure Study ca. 1595 Musée Magnin |
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Cavaliere d'Arpino Allegorical figure ca. 1588 National Gallery of Art (U.S.) |
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Cavaliere d'Arpino Faun with garland 17th century Prado |
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Cavaliere d'Arpino Head of a man ca. 1600 Prado |
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Cavaliere d'Arpino Perseus & Andromeda 1592 oil on slate Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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Cavaliere d'Arpino Perseus & Andromeda 1593-94 oil on lapis lazuli St. Louis Museum of Art |
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Cavaliere d'Arpino Perseus & Andromeda 1595-96 oil on panel Clark Art institute |
Cavaliere d'Arpino Perseus & Andromeda 1596 oil on slate Gemäldegalerie Berlin |
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Cavaliere d'Arpino Perseus & Andromeda 1602 oil on slate Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |