Marcello Bacciarelli
Marcello Bacciarelli | |
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 Self-portrait, 1793 | |
| Born | 16 February 1731 Rome,Papal States |
| Died | 5 January 1818(aged 86) |
| Nationality | Polish-Italian |
| Known for | Painting,drawing |
| Movement | Baroque,Neoclassicism |
Marcello Bacciarelli(Italian pronunciation:[marˈtʃɛllobattʃaˈrɛlli];16 February 1731 – 5 January 1818) was anItalian-born painter of the late-baroqueandNeoclassicperiods active in Poland and thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Biography
[edit]He was born inRome,and studied there underMarco Benefial.In 1750, with the recommendation of the architectGaetano Chiaveri,Marcello was recruited toDresdeninSaxony,where he was employed by Elected KingAugustus IIIof Poland.[1]After the death of King Augustus, Marcello went toVienna,and thence toWarsaw.In Dresden, he metBernardo Bellottoand worked with this Italian painter throughout his life. He was recruited by KingStanisław II Augustusin 1766 to become the Director of the newly founded Royal Buildings and Estates.
In Dresden, he marriedFriederike Richter,a woman painter known for miniature portraits. In Vienna, Marcello painted portraits of the imperial family, including the four daughters of Maria Teresa,Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschenand her husband, prince Albert.[2]In Warsaw, he painted a set of portraits depicting nearly all Polish kings, fromBolesław I the Braveto the last king of thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth,Stanisław II Augustus who was also Bacciarelli's patron and admirer. He also made a portrait ofIzabela Lubomirskain her wedding gown, that she commissioned years later after her marriage.[3]Bacciarelli was also keen in painting culturally significant scenes from the history of Poland. Following thepartitions of Polandand after Napoleon's rise to power he moved to theDuchy of Warsaw,a client state of theFirst French Empireand died in 1818.
A number of his paintings were painted for King Stanisław II Augustus of Poland and are in theRoyal Castlein Warsaw. These include:
- Strength, Reason, Belief, and Justice,in the Old Audience Chamber
- The Flourishing of the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, and Tradeon the ceiling of the Old Audience Chamber
- Rebecca and Eleazarin the King's Bedroom
- Esther and Ahasuerusin the King's Bedroom
During Bacciarelli's early years in Warsaw, the youngAlexander Kucharskybegan to train as a painter in his studio.[4]Another notable pupil of Bacciarelli's wasKazimierz Wojniakowski.
Gallery
[edit]- Works of Marcello Bacciarelli located in the Royal Palace in Warsaw.
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Stanisław II Augustus, King of Poland -
Count Brühl -
King John II Casimir -
Augustus the Strong -
Archduchess Maria Christina -
Blue Marquise -
Anna Lampel -
Izabella Branicka -
Stanisław Poniatowski -
References
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- Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves (ed.).Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical.Vol. I: A-K. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 66.
- ^Catalogue of the Collection of Miniatures the Property of JP Morgan, Volume 3by GC Williamson (1905).
- ^K. Niemira, Piu bravo pittore che fosse in Vienna, or Marcello Bacciarelli on the Habsburg Court and in Viennese Salons, „Journal of the National Museum in Warsaw”, 2019, no 8 (44), pp. 223-253.
- ^The Ideal Eighteenth-Century Wedding Gown of Izabela Lubomirskaat the Wilanów Palace Museum (accessed 9 November 2011)]
- ^Le peintre KUCHARSKYArchived2012-02-09 at theWayback Machineat museelouisxvii.com (accessed 28 December 2007)
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- 1731 births
- 1818 deaths
- 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian painters
- 19th-century Polish painters
- 19th-century Italian male artists
- 18th-century Italian painters
- Italian male painters
- 19th-century Italian painters
- Court painters of Polish kings
- Polish people of Italian descent
- Burials at St. John's Archcathedral, Warsaw
- Painters from Rome
- Polish male painters
- Polish courtiers
- 18th-century Italian male artists