ORAZIO (c. 1562—c. 1647) is generally named Orazio Lomi de' Gentileschi. He was born in Pisa, and studied under his half brother Aurelio Lomi. He afterwards went to Rome and painted frescoes in S. Maria Maggiore, in the Lateran and in San Niccolo in Carcere; he was associated with the landscape-painter Agostino Tassi, executing the figures for the landscapes of this artist. Among his best works are : "The Circumcision" in the church of Gesu at Ancona; "The Madonna and S. Clara" in the Casa Rosei at Fabriano; "The Annunciation" in San Siro, Genoa; "Mary Magdalene" in Pal. Negrotti at Genoa ; "The Finding of Moses" in the Prado, Madrid; "Saints Cecilia and Valerian" in the Brera, Milan; a "Flight into Egypt" in the Louvre, Paris; another in the Belvedere, Vienna, and "Joseph and Potiphar's Wife" at Hamp ton Court. At an advanced age Gentileschi went to England at the invitation of Charles I., and he was employed in the palace at Greenwich. Van Dyck included him in his portraits of a hundred illustrious men. His works generally are strong in shadow and positive in colour. He died in England about 1647.