The Poet Virgil
One of a series of paintings by the Italian (Calabrian) painter, Mattia Preti (1630 -90). He, like numerous painters from the region, was much influenced by Caravaggio’s use of light and shade. This painting is a good example of that technique
- Artwork form: Painting
- Technique: Oil on canvas
- Dimension: Tiff 300 dpi, 36 MB, 3076 x 4054 pixel, 23 x 30 cms, 9 x12 inches
- Keywords: baroque, crown, figure, flowers, hands, male, man, master, Neapolitan, oil, Oil on canvas, Old, painting, Renaissance