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The Resurrection

Cecco del Caravaggio · c. 1619-20

A Caravaggesque painting by Cecco del Caravaggio, showing the dramatic style shared by artists in Gentileschi's circle during her early career.

This painting shows the Caravaggesque style of the artistic circle Gentileschi worked in early in her career.

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Painting of the Resurrection: a nude, haloed Christ rises from a cloud holding a white-and-red banner, while an angel with white wings points upward. Startled soldiers in armor and plumed helmets recoil around a stone tomb, and a shield and sword lie on the ground in the foreground.
Cecco del Caravaggio, The Resurrection, c. 1619-20. Art Institute of Chicago.

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What it is

This oil painting of the Resurrection was made around 1619-20 by Cecco del Caravaggio (Francesco Boneri), an Italian painter. It is held at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Why it matters

The painting belongs to the Caravaggesque movement, the dramatic, strongly lit style that also shaped Artemisia Gentileschi's early work. It shows the artistic environment she worked within, even though she did not create it herself.

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  • How does the painter use light to highlight the figure of Christ compared with the soldiers around him?
  • What emotions do the soldiers' poses and expressions convey, and how does that add drama to the scene?
  • Why might painters of this period have been drawn to dramatic religious subjects like the Resurrection?

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