Giovan Battista Ruoppolo

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

Giovan Battista Ruoppolo
Born
Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo

1629
Naples
Died1693
NationalityItalian
Known forPainting
MovementBaroque, 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.[1] 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.

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

References
  1. B. de’ Dominici, Vite de’ Pittori, Scultori ed Architetti Napoletani non mai date alla luce da autore alcuno,dedicate agli eccellentissimi Eletti della fedelissima citta di Napoli, Napoli 1742-44, I, p. 638 (in Italian)

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

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