page_title: Luigi Primo
section_title: Work
hierarchical_section_title: Luigi Primo / Work
caption_attribution_description: Guillaume-Raymond Moncada visiting the King of Aragon possibly Charles
context_page_description: Louis Cousin, in Italy mainly known as Luigi Primo or Luigi Gentile was a Flemish painter of the Baroque period, who was active in Italy for a major part of his career. Working in a style, which combined his Flemish roots with the profound influence of Italian art, he was known for his portraits and altarpieces.
context_section_description: Louis Cousin painted mythological subjects and religious works and was also very appreciated as a portrait painter. The style of Cousin is situated halfway between the Italian and Flemish traditions and is a typical example of the lofty, somewhat tediously decorative style of the High Baroque.
  Some of the altarpieces he painted between 1633 and 1657 for churches in Rome are still in situ (e.g. Virgin Presenting the Child to St Anthony of Padua, 1655, San Marco, Rome).
  According to some sources say Cousin painted between 1646-1652 27 small devotional paintings on copper for Pope Innocent X. The small panels that were greatly admired by his contemporaries are, however, lost. He collaborated on a series of twenty copper panels that narrate the deeds of two Sicilian noble brothers of Spanish origin, Guillermo Ramón Moncada and Antonio Moncada. Of twelve scenes devoted to the former, Luigi Primo painted five, Willem van Herp six and Adam Frans van der Meulen one.  Jan van Kessel the Elder, an artist specialised in still lifes with flowers, insects and animals, executed the decorative borders that frame the various episodes.
caption: Guillermo Ramón Moncada visiting the King of Aragon possibly Charles
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