Federico Barocci

Barocci flushes his scenes with pink, lilac and pale yellow — tender, wide-eyed faces, fluttering drapery and a soft chalky glow that looks drawn in pastel.

Federico Barocci (1535–1612) was a painter from Italy, associated with Mannerism.

A late-Renaissance style of elongated figures, complex spiralling poses, and unnatural colour, prizing elegance and tension over calm harmony. Mannerism →