Giovan Battista Ruoppolo

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Fruit and Shell

Giovan Battista Ruoppolo
Birth name	Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo
Born	1629 Naples
Died	1693
Nationality	Italian
Field	Painting
Movement	Baroque, Still-life

Giovan Battista Ruoppolo (1629–1693) was a Neapolitan painter from the Baroque era, notable for painting still-lifes. He was a disciple of Paolo Porpora (1617–1673), a contemporary of Salvatore Rosa. Additional Porpora pupils who formed a school of still-life painters in Naples were Giovan Battista, Giuseppe Recco, and Ruoppolo's brother of Giuseppe Ruoppolo. In addition, he influenced Andrea Belvedere and Giacomo Nani. The initials of Ruoppolo match those of the younger Recco, suggesting some canvas attributions are likely in error. The dark backgrounds to his still life call to memory Caravaggio's bowl of fruit and flowers. Another contemporary painter, though trained in Rome, of still lifes in Italy was Giovanna Garzoni.

References

Wittkower, Rudolf (1980). Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750. Pelican History of Art (Penguin Books Ltd). pp. 361–2.

External links

Media related to Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo at Wikimedia Commons

Gallery

Fruit and Dead Birds in Landscape
Fruit
thumb|Figures, Parrot, Peacock, and Fruit (1650) painted with Francesco Solimena
Snail, Fruit, Nuts, Grapes, and Pinecones

Authority control	VIAF: 95685546 ULAN: 500000810

Persondata
Name	Ruoppolo, Giovan Battista
Alternative names
Short description	Italian painter
Date of birth	1629
Place of birth	Naples
Date of death	1693
Place of death

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