26 Facts About Bernardo Strozzi

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Bernardo Strozzi's work exercised considerable influence on artistic developments in both cities.

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Bernardo Strozzi is considered a principal founder of the Venetian Baroque style.

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Bernardo Strozzi is not believed to be related to the Florentine Strozzi family.

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Bernardo Strozzi initially trained in the workshop of Cesare Corte, a minor Genoese painter whose work reflected the late Mannerist style of Luca Cambiaso.

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Bernardo Strozzi subsequently joined the workshop of Pietro Sorri, an innovative Sienese painter residing in Genoa from 1596 to 1598.

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In 1598, at the age of 17, Bernardo Strozzi joined a Capuchin monastery, a reformist offshoot of the Franciscan order.

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When his father died around 1608, Bernardo Strozzi left the Capuchin monastery to care for his mother and unmarried sister.

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Bernardo Strozzi's career took off during the next decade and Genoa's powerful Doria and Centurione families became his patrons.

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Bernardo Strozzi was able to secure commissions for grand mural decorations, which culminated in the important frescoes in the choir of the San Domenico church, commissioned by members of the Doria family, Giovanni Carlo and his cousin Giovanni Stefano.

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The conflict came to a head in 1630 when Bernardo Strozzi refused to go back to the monastery following his mother's death and his sister's marriage.

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Bernardo Strozzi was able to build a strong reputation within two years, despite not being a native Venetian.

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Bernardo Strozzi gradually gained recognition as one of the leading artists of his age.

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13.

Bernardo Strozzi likely painted the Doge's portrait soon after he arrived in Venice.

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Bernardo Strozzi realised altarpieces in the Chiesa degli Incurabili and the Chiesa di San Nicolo da Tolentino and painted a tondo representing an Allegory of Sculpture for the reading room of the Biblioteca Marciana.

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Bernardo Strozzi was allowed the use of the honorific Monsignor although he remained known generally under the popular il prete genovese.

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Bernardo Strozzi was a versatile and prolific artist who worked on canvas and as a fresco artist.

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Bernardo Strozzi treated a wide range of subjects including history, allegories, genre scenes and portraits.

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Bernardo Strozzi worked as a still life painter and various of his compositions include still life elements.

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Bernardo Strozzi's art drew its early inspiration from the rich variety of styles flourishing in Genoa around the turn of the 17th century.

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Bernardo Strozzi had early on absorbed the Tuscan Mannerist style through his teacher Sorri as well as the style of Milanese Mannerist painting.

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Bernardo Strozzi's style continued at the same time to reveal the strong influence of Rubens as is shown in Allegorical figure, which unites the robust forms and brilliant colours of Rubens with the warm atmosphere of Venetian art.

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Bernardo Strozzi was a sought after portrait painter who portrayed the leading aristocratic, clerical and artistic figures of his time.

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23.

Bernardo Strozzi painted more portraits than any other artist participating in the series.

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24.

Bernardo Strozzi was likely inspired by Flemish genre scenes as well as the Caravaggist models to create a group of genre works.

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Bernardo Strozzi's work exercised considerable influence on artistic developments in both Genoa and Venice.

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Bernardo Strozzi is considered a principal founder of the Venetian Baroque style.

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