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Carlo Maratti’s additions to the ‘Barberini Venus’

03/2022 | 1428 | 164

Pages: 260-265

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Author:

Fidanza, Giovan Battista (Fidanza, Giovan Battista)

Subjects

artists:

Maratti, Carlo / Mazzoni, Giulio / Calandrucci, Giacinto

buildings:

Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy

dates:

1650-1699 / 1990-2009

patrons:

Barberini family / Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671

subjects:

Italian art / Murals / Restoration (process) / Tempera / Venus / Putti

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. The Barberini Venus, attributed to Giulio Mazzoni, shortly after 1550 (?) with additions by Carlo Maratti, 1693. Mural in oil with tempera, 163 by 190 cm. Photographed before the restoration of 1999–2000. (Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; photograph Mauro Coen; courtesy Ministero della Cultura, Rome).

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2. Fig.1, photographed after the restoration of 1999–2000. (Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; photograph Mauro Coen; courtesy Ministero della Cultura, Rome).

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3. Schematic reconstruction of the painting shown in Fig.1. From P. Iazurlo: ‘La Venere Barberini: un dipinto di Giulio Mazzoni da Palazzo Capodiferro’, Storia dell’arte 22–23 (2009), p.82.

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4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the face of Venus.

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5. Detail of Fig.2, showing the face of Venus.

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6. Fig.1, photographed during the restoration of 1999–2000. (Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; photograph Mauro Coen; courtesy Ministero della Cultura, Rome).

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New evidence for the ‘Barberini Apostles’ by Andrea Sacchi and Carlo Maratti

08/2019 | 1397 | 161

Pages: 653-659

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Author:

Fidanza, Giovan Battista (Fidanza, Giovan Battista)

Subjects

artists:

Sacchi, Andrea / Maratti, Carlo

buildings:

Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy

dates:

1650-1699

museums and institutions:

Archivio Barberini, Biblioteca Vaticana, Rome, Italy

patrons:

Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671 / Barberini family

sources:

Bellori, Giovanni Pietro

subjects:

Commissions / Patronage / Payments / Italian art / Dating / Christian iconography / Apostles / Frames / Gilding

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. St Peter, by Andrea Sacchi. 1631/44. Canvas, 223 by 151 cm. (Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; courtesy Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Rome).

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2. St Matthew, by Carlo Maratti. 1660/61. Canvas, 223 by 151 cm. (Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; courtesy Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Rome).

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3. St Matthias, by Carlo Maratti. 1696. Canvas, 221 by 152 cm. (Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; courtesy Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Rome).

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Carlo Maratti and the Barberini family: two paintings for churches in Palestrina

08/2017 | 1373 | 159

Pages: 610-616

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Author:

Fidanza, Giovan Battista (Fidanza, Giovan Battista)

Subjects

artists:

Maratti, Carlo

dates:

1660-1719

patrons:

Barberini family

places:

Palestrina

subjects:

Italian painting / Religious art / Altarpieces / Commissions / Dating / Provenance / Attribution / Identification / Rosalia, Saint / Mary, Virgin: Annunciation

Illustrations

Attributed works:

12. S. Rosalia interceding for victims of the plague in Palestrina, by Carlo Maratti. 1668 (Formerly Palazzo Corsini, Florence, destroyed; photograph 1934)

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13. Annunciation, by Carlo Maratti and workshop. 1686 (Cathedral of Palestrina)

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14. Ultraviolet photograph of Fig.13

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15. Annunciation, by Robert van Audenaerd, after Carlo Maratti. 1700-10 (British Museum, London)

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16. X-radiograph of Fig.13. Detail

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17. X-radiograph of Fig.13. Detail

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18. X-radiograph of Fig.13. Detail

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Western art unattributed:

19. Virgin of the Annunciation, after Carlo Maratti. Eighteenth century (Museum Kunstpalast, Sammlung der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf)

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A rediscovered altarpiece by Pietro da Cortona and insights into the collaboration between the master and his pupils

08/2013 | 1325 | 155

Pages: 541-545

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Author:

Fidanza, Giovan Battista (Fidanza, Giovan Battista)

Subjects

artists:

Cortona, Pietro da / Baldi, Lazzaro / Ferri, Ciro

dates:

1650-1699

subjects:

Attribution / Attributions / Altarpieces / Lost works / Technical analysis / Provenance / James the Less, Saint / Formal analysis

subjects:

Collections, Private / Italian painting

Illustrations

Attributed works:

13. Sermon of St James the Less, by Pietro da Cortona and collaborators (Private collection, Rome)

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17. Detail of Fig. 13

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19. Martyrdom of St Martina, by Pietro da Cortona and collaborators (Sacristy of SS. Luca e Martina, Rome)

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14. Detail of X-radiograph of Fig. 13

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15. Detail of infra-red reflectography of Fig. 13

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16. Detail of X-radiograph of Fig. 13

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18. Detail of X-radiograph of Fig. 13

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20. X-radiograph of Fig. 19

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