Giovan Battista Ruoppolo

Giovan Battista Ruoppolo (1629–1693) was a Neapolitan painter of still-lifes.

Giovan Battista Ruoppolo
Born	Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo 1629 Naples
Died	1693
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Painting
Movement	Baroque, Still-life

Life

Still life of fruit and a shell

He was a pupil 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.

His pupils included Onofrio Loth and Aniello Ascione. 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.

Gallery

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  Fruit and Dead Birds in Landscape
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  Fruit
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  Bunches of Grapes around a Tree Trun
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  Snail, Fruit, Nuts, Grapes, and Pinecones

Sources

• 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