Carlo Saraceni
Carlo Saraceni | |
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Born | 1579 Venice |
Died | Venice | June 16, 1620
Carlo Saraceni (1579 – 16 June 1620) was an Italian early-Baroque painter, whose reputation as a "first-class painter of the second rank" was improved with the publication of a modern monograph in 1968.[1]
Life
Though he was born and died in
When Caravaggio's notorious Death of the Virgin
Saraceni's style matured rapidly between 1606 and 1610, and the next decade gave way to his fully mature works, synthesizing Caravaggio and the Venetians. In 1616–17 he collaborated on the frescoes for the Sala Regia of the
In 1620 he returned to Venice, where he died in the same year.
Works
- Mars and Venus (1605–1610), oil on copper (São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo)
- Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1606 (Eremo dei Camaldoli, Frascati)
- The Fall of Icarus (Museums and Art Galleries Naples, Museo e Gallerie Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples)
- Madonna and Child with Saint Anne, painted for the Church of San Simeone Profeta, 1610 (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome)
- Papal Authority, chalk preparatory sketch for an allegorical fresco (J. Paul Getty Museum)[10]
- Vision of Saint Francis (1615), Alte Pinakothek, Munich[11]
- Saint Cecilia and the Angel, c. 1610 (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome), attributed to Saraceni[12]
- The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia (LACMA)
- The Madonna and Child with Saint Anne and an Angel oil on copper (c. 1608–1610), Honolulu Museum of Art.[13]
- Nativity (Residenzgalerie, Salzburg)
- Carlo Borromeo Tending to Those Afflicted with Plague (Church of the Servi in Cesena)
Work by Saraceni can also be seen in the Roman church of San Lorenzo in Lucina.
Gallery
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The Madonna and Child with Saint Anne and an Angel, oil on copper, c. 1608–1610, Honolulu Museum of Art
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The Vision of St Francis (circa 1615)
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Mars and Venus, with a Circle of Cupids and a Landscape, oil on copper, 1605–1610, São Paulo Museum of Art
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Judith and the head of Holofernes, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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Saint Sebastian, c. 1610–1616, Picture Gallery of the Prague Castle
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Gregory the Great, attributed to the studio of Saraceni, c. 1610, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
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The Penitent Magdalene, Gallerie Accademiae
References
- R. Ward Bissellin reviewing Anna Ottani Cavina, Carlo Saraceni (Milan) 1968, in The Art Bulletin 53.2 (June 1971:248-250) p 248.
- ^ Malcolm Waddingham, "A Landscape Masterpiece by Saraceni" The Burlington Magazine 114 No. 828 (March 1972:157, 159)
- ^ Anna Ottani Cavina carefully distinguished Saraceni's landscape manner from Elsheimer's in Carlo Saraceni (Milan) 1968.
- ^ Icarus is found in Museo di Capodimonte.
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- ^ Mars and Venus is found in Museo de Arte Saõ Paulo)"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-06-10. Retrieved 2006-02-23.
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- Marcantonio Bassetti, whose preparatory drawings are frequently confused with Sartaceni's (Stephen Polcari, "A Newly-Found Drawing by Saraceni" The Burlington Magazine 121 No. 914 (May 1979:307, 312).
- French Ministry of Culture. (in French)
- ^ "Papal Authority". The J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Die Vision des hl. Franziskus" (in German and English). Alte Pinakothek. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Saint Cecilia and the Angel". Web Gallery of Art. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "New Acquisition" (PDF). Calendar News. 76 (6). Honolulu Academy of Arts: 7. November–December 2004. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- Charles Dempsey, Keith Christiansen, Richard E. Spear, and Erich Scheier. 1985. The Age of Caravaggio. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
External links
- Web Gallery of Art: Carlo Saraceni
- Jusepe de Ribera, 1591-1652, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which includes material on Carlo Saraceni (see index)