Filippo Napoletano

(Rome 1587 - 1629)

Biography

Filippo Napoletano

Filippo Napoletano, born Filippo Teodoro di Liagno (c.1589–1629), was an Italian painter, draughtsman and etcher active in Naples, Rome and Medici Florence. Influenced by Elsheimer, Caravaggio and northern landscape painters, he produced landscapes, nocturnes, battle scenes, animals, curiosities and pietra paesina works. His inventive art combines scientific curiosity, theatrical fantasy and early Baroque naturalism.