Andrea Belvedere
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Abate Andrea Belvedere (born 1646) was an Italian
painter of the Baroque
period. He was born at Naples
and a pupil of Giovan Battista Ruoppolo
, and excelled in painting still-life paintings of fruit and flowers. He was employed by Charles II of Spain
; and in conjunction with Luca Giordano
(who painted the figures), he helped decorate the Escorial.
Italy
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painter of the Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period. He was born at Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
and a pupil of Giovan Battista Ruoppolo
Giovan Battista Ruoppolo
Giovan Battista Ruoppolo was a Neapolitan painter from the Baroque era, notable for painting still-lifes. He was a disciple of Paolo Porpora , a contemporary of Salvatore Rosa. Additional Porpora pupils who formed a school of still-life painters in Naples were Giovan Battista and Giuseppe Recco,...
, and excelled in painting still-life paintings of fruit and flowers. He was employed by Charles II of Spain
Charles II of Spain
Charles II was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the ruler of large parts of Italy, the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spain's overseas Empire, stretching from the Americas to the Spanish East Indies...
; and in conjunction with Luca Giordano
Luca Giordano
Luca Giordano was an Italian late Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain....
(who painted the figures), he helped decorate the Escorial.