Il Cappuccino - art lovers do not associate this term first with a frothed milk drink. This is at least true for friends of the Italian Baroque. For behind this nickname lies Bernardo Strozzi, who is today considered one of the most important representatives of the colorism of his time.
Strozzi was born in Genoa in 1581. Not much is known about his origin and his early youth. However, it is very likely that he was taught at a very young age by Pietro Sorri, who taught him to draw. At the age of 17 Strozzi entered a Capuchin order in his home town of Genoa. He owes this circumstance to his later nickname. Young Bernardo also devoted himself to art in the monastery and created numerous devotional pictures. His great talent was not recognized for a long time and only discovered by the art dealer Gian Battista Riviera, who also motivated him to turn his back on monastic life. But since he had already taken his vows, this was virtually impossible. It took a great deal of cunning and guile before he finally managed to escape. In the meantime, he had even spent some time in prison, as he had not returned to his monastery as agreed after the death of his mother and the wedding of his sister.
During this time Strozzi must have matured the decision to leave his hometown for good and flee to Venice, Genoa's great rival and intimate enemy. Arriving in Venice, he was finally able to develop his talent to the full. Already his first important commission, the creation of a portrait of the composer Claudio Monteverdi, who himself was also an ordained priest, helped him to make his breakthrough. From around 1630 Strozzi painted portraits of many important dignitaries in Venice. He developed a unique style, which was influenced by his compatriot Michelangelo Caravaggio and whose characteristics he combined with the characteristics of the dominant Dutch and Flemish painters. Strozzi was particularly influenced by Rubens and Anthony van Dyck.
Among "Il Cappuccino's" most famous works are, in addition to the aforementioned portrait of Monteverdi, the portrait of the composer Barbara Strozzi, with whom he shares the family name only by chance, and the painting "The Sermon of John the Baptist", which can be admired today in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
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.jpg "Portrait of a Gentleman, c.1625-1632 by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "David with the Head of Goliath by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1637526).jpg "Saint Peter Freed by an Angel, c.1635 by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Triumph of David (detail), circa 1620-29 by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_oil_on_canvas_73x61_cm_Italy_-_(MeisterDrucke-1101873).jpg "Piper, by Bernardo Strozzi by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1458369).jpg "Christian charity, c.1610 by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Old Coquette Vanitas by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_(The_piper)_Painting_by_Bernardo_Strozzi_(1581-1_-_(MeisterDrucke-971478).jpg "The Flute Player (The Piper) Painting by Bernardo Strozzi (1581-1644) 17th Century Genoa, Musei di Strada Nuova (ex Palazzo Rosso) by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist and St. Lawrence and Angels by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1532264).jpg "St. Lawrence Distributing the Riches of the Church by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Christ Carrying the Cross, c.1608-09 by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Head of St. John the Baptist (Fragment of Detached Fresco) by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "St Francis in Ecstasy, c.1615-18 by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "La Cuoca - A Kitchen Maid Plucking a Goose in an Interior by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Three Musicians Playing Horns and Pipe by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_Dim_101_x_-_(MeisterDrucke-981810).jpg "The Incredulity of St. Thomas by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "St. Veronica, 1625-30 by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Madonna of the Rosary with St. Roch, St. Dominic and St. Sebastian by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Lute Player by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Study for St Francis of Assisi Adoring the Cross by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Allegorical Figure, c. 1635 by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Annunciation by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_c1629_(oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-900775).jpg "Portrait of a Knight of Malta (Scipione Papafava?) by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-901720).jpg "St. Lawrence Distributing the Treasures of the Church, c.1625 by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1584486).jpg "The Prophet Elisha and the Widow of Sarepta by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Delivery of the Keys to St. Peter by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Head of an Old Woman by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Allegory of Sculpture, from the ceiling of the library by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Portrait of Old Man with a Book by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Penitent Magdalene by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Tribute Money, c.1631 (detail) by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Meal at the House of Simon the Pharisee (detail) by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Singer Barbara Strozzi with a Viola da Gamba by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Head of St. John the Baptist, Fragment from a Fresco by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1507851).jpg "Allegorical Figure by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "A Still Life of Flowers, Fruit, Vegetables and Seafood on a Ledge with a Figure Holding a Plate of Cherries by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_Peintur_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320946).jpg "Saint Peter Healing a Paralytic by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Incredulity of St. Thomas by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Virgin gives the Child Jesus to the Blessed Felice of Cantalice by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Educating of Maria by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "St. Gerardo Sagredo, Bishop of Csanád, 1633 by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Incredulity of St Thomas by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "St. John the Baptist by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Saint Cecilia and the Angel by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Virgin and Child in Glory Worshipped by Two Monk Saints by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Allegorical Figure, c. 1636 by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "St. Gerardo Sagredo, Bishop of Csanád by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "A Hand Holding Empty Gloves by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Constantine I, Roman emperor, destroying idols by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-1101225).jpg "The cook by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Calling of St Matthew, c.1620 by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_ca_1624-1625_(Oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1583896).jpg "The Piffero Player by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Supper at Emmaus by Jan van Somer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-642516).jpg "Study of Three Hands by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Cook Woman Plumbing Ducks (Bernardo Strozzi) by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Flowers and Fruit by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Healing of Tobit by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Liberation of Saint Peter, c1635 by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "An Allegory of Fame by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_Painting_by_Bern_-_(MeisterDrucke-1005828).jpg "The Young Tobie and the Archangel Raphael by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "A Personification of Fame, c. 1635 by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Lute Player by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Tobias Curing His Father")
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.jpg "Isaac Blesses Jacob by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-899520).jpg "Adoration of the Shepherds by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Saints John the Evangelist and Mark discussing their Writings by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Delivery of the Keys to St. Peter by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_-_Peinture_de_Bernardo_Strozzi_(dit_il_Capucini_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320962).jpg "The Annunciation by Bernardo Strozzi")
_-_Peinture_de_Bernardo_Strozzi_(dit_il_Capucini_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320962).jpg)
.jpg "Allegory of Mathematics by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-972189).jpg "The Virgin has the spoon by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Miracle of the Five Loaves and Two Fishes by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1458230).jpg "The Vision of Saint Dominic by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Study for St Francis of Assisi Adoring the Cross by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Tribute Money, c.1631 by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_Painting_by_Bernardo_Strozzi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1007193).jpg "Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "St. Lawrence Distributing the Treasures of the Church by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Holy Family by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Representation of Saint Francis of Assisi Worshipping the Crucifix by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_Altarpiece_-_(MeisterDrucke-1458118).jpg "The Most Holy Incarnation (Immaculate Conception) by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Representation of Saint Cecilia or Allegory of Music by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Supper at Emmaus by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "The Healing of Tobit, c. 1625 by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Saint Paul by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_Sur_les_conseils_de_lArchange_Raphae_-_(MeisterDrucke-1314250).jpg "The Healing of Tobit by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Annunciation by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Tobias Curing His Father")
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.jpg "Charity by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Christ at Emmaus by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1655753).jpg "Claudio Monteverdi by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1559121).jpg "Allegory of Impermanence (Old Coquette) by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Saint with a Crown of Roses by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_and_a_wooden_chalemie_(ri_-_(MeisterDrucke-1002639).jpg "The allegory of Rename by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Street Musicians by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Allegory of painting by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Alexander the Great Restoring the Throne Usurped by Abdolomino by Bernardo Strozzi")
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_Spanish_Mystic_and_Ca_-_(MeisterDrucke-1030556).jpg "The Triumph of Saint Therese of Jesus or Avila (1515-1582), Spanish Mystic and Carmelite (Triumph of St Teresa of Avila) by Bernardo Strozzi")
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.jpg "Ecclesia Surrounded by Angels Holding the Instruments of the Passion by Bernardo Strozzi")
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