massimo stanzione was an italian baroque painter, mainly active in naples.born in frattamaggiore, naples in 1585, massimo stanzione was influenced by caravaggio. what distinguished massimo’s art from that of caravaggio's was that he combined the latter's dramatically lit and brutally realistic style with the classical and lyrical manner of bolognesi painters, earning him the nickname of the napolitan guido reni.though his preliminary training is uncertain, it is thought that he studied with fabrizio santafede and battistello caracciolo; however, most of the influence he received was from cara…