Giulio Cesare Procaccini

Giulio Cesare Procaccini (1574–1625),

• Was an Italian painter and sculptor of the early Baroque era in Milan.
• Born in Bologna he was son of the painter Ercole Procaccini the Elder.
• His brothers were of Camillo Procaccini and Carlo Antonio Procaccini.
• The family moved to Milan around 1585 with the help of the rich art collector Pirro Visconti.
• He began as a sculptor in the Cathedral and in the Milanese church of Santa Maria presso San Celso.
• In 1610 he painted six of the Quadroni, large canvases celebrating Saint Charles Borromeo.
• He worked with Giovanni Battista Crespi and Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli following the directions of Cardinal Federico Borromeo.
• He also painted small religious canvases for rich families, in Milan and in Genoa.
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Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Panna Marie s ditetem, malym Janem Krtitelem a andelem. The Virgin Mary with Child, Young John the Baptist and Angel.

Original. Sternbersky Palac, Praha. Visited in 2017-2021.

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Panna Marie s ditetem, malym Janem Krtitelem a andelem. The Virgin Mary with Child, Young John the Baptist and Angel.

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Virgin and Child with Angels, c. 1610

Original, Art Institute of Chicago. Visited in 2018.

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Virgin and Child with Angels, c. 1610

Giovanni Battista Crespi (Il Cerano) and Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli dettoil Morazzone and Giulio Cesare Procaccini, The Martyrdom of St. Rufina and St. Secunda, 1620-24

Original, Pinacoteka di Brera, Milan. Visited in 2019.

Giovanni Battista Crespi (Il Cerano) and Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli dettoil Morazzone and Giulio Cesare Procaccini, The Martyrdom of St. Rufina and St. Secunda, 1620-24

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Saint Catherine, early 17th century

Original, Worcester Art Museum, MA. Visited in 2020.

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Saint Catherine, early 17th century

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, The Betrayal of Christ, early 17th century

Original, Worcester Art Museum, MA. Visited in 2020.

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, The Scourging of Christ, c. 1615-1618

Original, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Visited in 2018.

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Ecce Homo, after 1615

Original, Dallas Museum of Art. Visited in 2020.