Bernardo Strozzi (Italian, 1581–1664)
St. Gerardo Sagredo, Bishop of Csanád
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Bernardo Strozzi (Italian, 1581–1664)1633
St. Gerardo Sagredo, Bishop of Csanád
Bernardo Strozzi (Italian, 1581–1664) →17th Centuryoil on canvasoil paintings (visual works)
Date
1633
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
130.3 × 100 cm (51 1/4 × 39 3/8 in.); Framed: 158.8 × 130.8 × 10.2 cm (62 1/2 × 51 1/2 × 4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Alexander A. McKay Fund
A native of Genoa, Bernardo Strozzi was largely a self-trained artist. He formed his style by observing and combining features from other prominent artists: Peter Paul Ruben's rich textures and the dramatic lighting employed by followers of Caravaggio. In 1630 or 1631 Strozzi settled in Venice, where a member of the Sagredo family likely commissioned this painting. It commemorates their saintly ancestor Gerardo Sagredo, a Benedictine monk who became Bishop of Csanád, a region straddling present-day Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.
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