GENTILESCHI, Orazio
(b. 1563, Pisa, d. 1639, London)

Landscape with St Christopher

1605-10
Oil on copper, 21 x 28 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Orazio Gentileschi was Caravaggio's most sensitive and original follower. He perfected his own startlingly realistic approach to space, luminism, and drama as seen the Landscape with St Christopher painted on copper.