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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).

Attributed works:

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).

Attributed works:

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.

Attributed works:

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

Attributed works:

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

Attributed works:

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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