Uma oferenda a Ceres
Autor: Dirck van Baburen
Centro de Fabrico: Utreque, Países Baixos
Data: Século XVII
Material: Óleo sobre tela
Dimensões (cm): Larg. 173; alt. 130
Proprietário: Palácio Nacional da Ajuda
N.º de Inventário: PNA66705
The work of Dirck van Baburen comprises religious and genre scenes. He studied with Paulus Moreelse in Utrecht. In Italy, he had as patrons Vincenzo Giustiniani and Cardinal Scipione Borghese. Van Baburen’s work was influenced by Caravaggio and his theatrical chiaroscuro.
The Italian’s zooming effect, portraying half-length subjects, filling in the figures, also inspired Van Baburen’s dramatic compositions. When he returned to Utrecht, he continued to paint in the same style while working with Hendrick Ter Brugghen.
Van Baburen, Ter Brugghen and Gerard van Honthorst became known as “The Utrecht Caravaggists”.
