He was a pupil first locally of a priest by the name of Giovan Tommaso, then in Naples of Massimo Stanzione, but like many of his contemporaries in Naples, he received the second hand influence of the the style of Caravaggio.
He was a pupil first locally of a priest by the name of Giovan Tommaso in Naples of Massimo Stanzione. This was then. He received the second hand influence of the the style of Caravaggio. This was like many of his contemporaries in Naples.