Carlo Francesco Nuvolone

Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, Madonna and Saints, atop the entrance to the right-side transept in Santa Maria del Carmine, Milan church

Carlo Francesco Nuvolone (1609–1702) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Lombardy. He was nicknamed Guido della Lombardia (Guido Reni of Lombardy).^[1]

He was born in Milan to a Cremonese father and mannerist painter, Panfilo Nuvolone. After working with his father, he studied under Giovanni Battista Crespi (il Cerano) in the Accademia Ambrosiana in Milan. In that studio he would have encountered Daniele Crespi and Giulio Cesare Procaccini. Of particular interest is his depiction of himself as a painter surrounded by his family of artists, including his daughters playing musical instruments . Among his pupils were Giuseppe Zanata, Federigo Panza, Filippo Abbiati, and Pietro Maggi.^[2]

References

• "Grove Encyclopedia entry". Archived from the original on 2004-10-23. Retrieved 2004-10-23.
• Web Gallery of Art biography

1. Notizie sui celebri pittori e su altri artisti alessandrini, by Giovanni Antonio de Giorgi, Cristoforo Mantelli, page 81.
2. Storia della pittura italiana esposta coi monumenti: Epoca quarta dai Caracci all' Appiani, Volume 7 (1847), by Giovanni Rosini, Presso Capurro, Pisa, page 179

External links

• Painters of reality: the legacy of Leonardo and Caravaggio in Lombardy, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (available online as PDF), contains material on Nuvolone (see index)