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Baroque and Rococo
Bernardo Strozzi
Bernardo Strozzi
(b Genoa, 1581; d Venice, 2 Sept 1644).
Italian painter. He was one of the most influential Italian painters of the early 17th century, important to developments in both Genoa and Venice. He is known for religious works, genre scenes and portraits, and his powerful art is distinguished by rich and glowing colour and broad, energetic brushstrokes.
The Charity of St Lawrence
1639-40
Oil on canvas, 206 x 162 cm
S. Niccolo dei Tolentini, Venice
Old Woman at the Mirror
c. 1615
Oil on canvas, 132 x 108 cm
Pushkin Museum, Moscow
