Cesari, Giuseppe, called Cavaliere d'Arpino (jōzĕpˈpā chāˈzärē
kävälyāˈrā därpēˈnō) [key], 1568–1640, Italian late mannerist
painter. Cesari's outstanding works are the frescoes in the
Capitol and in the Borghese Chapel, Church of Santa Maria
Maggiore, Rome. Other works are Adam and Eve Expelled from
Paradise (Louvre); a self-portrait (Uffizi); and Perseus and
Andromeda (Metropolitan Mus.). Several eminent baroque painters,
including Caravaggio, were his pupils. The Columbia Electronic
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