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ORRENTE, Pedro - b. 1580 Murcia, d. 1645 Valencia - WGA

ORRENTE, Pedro

(b. 1580 Murcia, d. 1645 Valencia)

Spanish painter. In his youth he was a friend of El Greco’s son, but his art holds closely to the course set by Bassano and Ribalta. Chiaroscuro is the principal element of his style, particularly in the paintings of his maturity. For the greater part of his life Orrente lived in Valencia and, in fact, became a member of the Valencian school. He painted numerous Biblical scenes in which the landscapes have a certain importance. These are dominated by the brownish and reddish tones popularized by Ribalta.

Entry into Jerusalem
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Entry into Jerusalem

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St Sebastian
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St Sebastian

Orrente painted the St Sebastian during his first stay in Valencia for a private chapel in the Cathedral. The painting contains a crepuscular landscape in the Venetian manner and figures that might be derived from the work of the followers of Caravaggio in Naples.

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The Sacrifice of Isaac
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The Sacrifice of Isaac

The painter stayed in Italy at the height of Caravaggio’s popularity, and the influence of Caravaggio can be seen in this painting. It is even assumed that Orrente used a lost Caravaggio painting as a model of his composition.

Several versions are known of this composition that prove its success. In fact, Orrente’s impact can be traced in all Valencian artists of the time, particularly in the Venetian quality of their brushstrokes and in their sumptuous use of colour.

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The Supper at Emmaus
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The Supper at Emmaus

The Supper at Emmaus is set in a contemporary inn as in the famous composition of Caravaggio and thus it is genre-like. The foreground is composed as a still-life, its elements are typical in contemporary Spanish painting. The influence of Bassano can be clearly seen. However, the colours shows the Spanish ‘tenebroso” tint.

Variants of similar quality are in Bilbao museum and in Madrid, private collection. Secularized variant of the same composition (Christ is turned into a dice player) is in Mil� colletion, Barcelona.

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The Supper at Emmaus (detail)
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The Supper at Emmaus (detail)

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