Carlo Saraceni
Carlo Saraceni | |
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 Anonymous,Portrait of Carlo Saraceni(1616) | |
| Born | 1579 Venice |
| Died | June 16, 1620 Venice |
Carlo Saraceni(1579 – 16 June 1620) was anItalianearly-Baroquepainter, whose reputation as a "first-class painter of the second rank" was improved with the publication of a modern monograph in 1968.[1]
Life
[edit]Though he was born and died inVenice,his paintings are distinctly Roman in style; he moved toRomein 1598, joining theAccademia di San Lucain 1607. He never visitedFrance,though he spoke fluent French and had French followers and a French wardrobe. His painting, however, was influenced at first by the densely forested, luxuriantly enveloping landscape settings for human figures ofAdam Elsheimer,a German painter resident in Rome; "there are few landscapes by Saraceni which have not been attributed to Elsheimer," Malcolm Waddingham observed,[2]and Anna Ottani Cavina has suggested the influences may have travelled both ways.[3]and Elsheimer's smallcabinet paintingson copper offered a format that Saraceni employed in six landscape panels illustratingThe Flight ofIcarus;[4]inMoses and the Daughters of Jethro,[5]andMars and Venus.[6]
When Caravaggio's notoriousDeath of the Virgin[7]was rejected in 1606 as an altarpiece suitable for a chapel ofSanta Maria della Scala,it was Saraceni who provided the acceptable substitute, which remainsin situ,the only securely dated painting of his first decade in Rome. He was influenced byCaravaggio's dramatic lighting, monumental figures, naturalistic detail, and momentary action, so that he is numbered among the first of the "tenebrists"or"Caravaggisti".Examples of this style can be seen in the candlelitJudith with the Head of Holofernes.
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 theSala Regiaof thePalazzo del Quirinale.[8]In 1618 he received payment for two paintings in the church ofSanta Maria dell'Anima.The compositional details of his fresco ofThe Birth of the Virginin the Chapel of the Annunciation of the church ofSanta Maria in Aquiroare repeated in a panel on copper at theLouvre.[9]
In 1620 he returned to Venice, where he died in the same year.
Works
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- 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 Angeloil on copper (c. 1608–1610),Honolulu Museum of Art.[13]
- Nativity(Residenzgalerie,Salzburg)
- Carlo Borromeo Tending to Those Afflicted with Plague(Church of the ServiinCesena)
Work by Saraceni can also be seen in the Roman church ofSan 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 -
The Vision of St Francis(circa 1615) -
Mars and Venus, with a Circle of Cupids and a Landscape,oil on copper, 1605–1610,São Paulo Museum of Art -
Judith and the head of Holofernes,Kunsthistorisches Museum,Vienna -
Saint Sebastian,c. 1610–1616, Picture Gallery of thePrague Castle -
Gregory the Great,attributed to the studio of Saraceni, c. 1610, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome -
The Penitent Magdalene,Gallerie Accademiae
References
[edit]- ^"un ottimo comprimario"in Francesco Arcangeli's words, quoted byR. Ward Bissellin reviewing Anna Ottani Cavina,Carlo Saraceni(Milan) 1968, inThe Art Bulletin53.2 (June 1971:248-250) p 248.
- ^Malcolm Waddingham, "A Landscape Masterpiece by Saraceni"The Burlington Magazine114No. 828 (March 1972:157, 159)
- ^Anna Ottani Cavina carefully distinguished Saraceni's landscape manner from Elsheimer's inCarlo Saraceni(Milan) 1968.
- ^Icarusis found inMuseo di Capodimonte.
- ^Moses and the Daughters of Jethrois found in theNational Gallery, London[1]Archived2006-05-22 at theWayback Machine.
- ^Mars and Venusis found in Museo de Arte Saõ Paulo)"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 2006-06-10.Retrieved2006-02-23.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). - ^Caravaggio'sDeath of Virginnow at theLouvre)
- ^Giuliano Briganti,Il Palazzo del Quirinale(Rome 1962:37; among his collaborators there was the VenetianMarcantonio Bassetti,whose preparatory drawings are frequently confused with Sartaceni's (Stephen Polcari, "A Newly-Found Drawing by Saraceni"The Burlington Magazine121No. 914 (May 1979:307, 312).
- ^Base Joconde:La Naissance de la Vierge,French Ministry of Culture.(in French)
- ^"Papal Authority".The J. Paul Getty Trust.Retrieved15 October2019.
- ^"Die Vision des hl. Franziskus"(in German and English).Alte Pinakothek.Retrieved15 October2019.
- ^"Saint Cecilia and the Angel".Web Gallery of Art.Retrieved15 October2019.
- ^"New Acquisition"(PDF).Calendar News.76(6). Honolulu Academy of Arts: 7. November–December 2004.Retrieved15 October2019.
- Charles Dempsey, Keith Christiansen, Richard E. Spear, and Erich Scheier. 1985.The Age of Caravaggio.(New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
External links
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- 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)
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