Massimo Stanzione (also called Stanzioni; 1585 – 1656)

• Was an Italian Baroque painter.
• Mainly active in Naples, where he and his rival Jusepe de Ribera dominated the painting scene for several decades.
• Most of his work, in both oils and fresco (these usually for ceilings), depicted religious subjects.
•  In Rome by 1617 he was working with Saraceni and Honthrost at the Santa Maria della Scala.
• The S.M. della Scala was one of the first hospitals in Europe.
• The hospital had its own organization, which was set up as a means to care for pilgrims, assist the poor and provide for abandoned children.
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