Orazio Gentileschi

Orazio Gentileschi
Portrait of Orazio Gentileschi (c. 1630) by Lucas Emil Vorsterman, for "The Iconography"
Born
Orazio Lomi Gentileschi

9 July 1563 (baptized)
Died7 February 1639
NationalityItalian
Known forPainting
MovementMannerism

Orazio Lomi Gentileschi (1563–1639) was an Italian painter. Born in Tuscany, he began his career in Rome, painting in a Mannerist style, much of his work consisting of painting the figures within the decorative schemes of other artists.

After 1600, he came under the influence of the more naturalistic style of Caravaggio. He received important commissions in Fabriano and Genoa before moving to Paris to the court of Marie de' Medici. He spent the last part of his life at the court of Charles I of England and died in London. He was the father of the painter Artemisia Gentileschi.