* Rome ca. 1580 -  † Rome 1644

He worked in Florence and Genoa, but by 1610 he was in Rome and documented
as working on various decorative schemes there.

For a period in the early 1620s Claude was his pupil.

Diana and CallistoDiana and Callisto Wood, 49.5 x 72.4 cm.
The National Gallery, London

The goddess Diana finds that her attendant Callisto is pregnant by Jupiter.
Diana was a Virgin goddess of hunting and of the new moon (also a symbol
of virginity). Her attendant nymphs were also expected to remain virgins.

Diana set her dogs onto Callisto to kill her; she narrowly escaped and was
rescued by Jupiter. Possibly a pastiche in the manner of Bril and perhaps executed
not long after his death in 1626.