ABBATE, Niccolo dell
Italian Mannerist Painter, ca.1512-1571
Italian painter. He was trained in Modena and developed his mature style under the influence of his contemporaries Correggio and Parmigianino in Bologna (1544 ?C 52). There he painted portraits and decorated palaces with frescoes of landscapes and figure compositions in the Mannerist style. In 1552 he was invited by Henry II of France to work under Primaticcio at the Palace of Fontainebleau, where he executed immense murals (most now lost). He remained in France the rest of his life. His mythological landscapes were a principal source of the French Classical landscape tradition, and he was a precursor of Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin.
ID: 67632 Rape of Proserpine hi res Description Abbate - Rape of Proserpine hi-res.jpg
Deutsch: Raub der Proserpina, Öl auf Leinwand, Louvre, Paris
English: The Rape of Proserpine, Oil on canvas, Musee du Louvre, Paris, France.
Date 16th century
