Battistello Caracciolo

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo (also called Battistello) (1578–1635) was an Italian artist and important Neapolitan follower of Caravaggio. He was a member of the murderous Cabal of Naples, with Belisario Corenzio and Jusepe de Ribera, who were rumoured to have poisoned and disappeared their competition for painting contracts.