The Holy Family with the Infant St. John
Carlo Maratti (Camerano 1625 - Rom 1713), workshop
Lot-No. 397
Oil/canvas, 104 x 122 cm, on the reverse Christie's block stamp and labels, min. rest. - Provenance: Christie's Glasgow, 21.11.91; since then private collection Norway. - Italian history and figure painter. M. became a student of A. Sacchi in Rome probably already at the age of eleven and was probably active in his workshop for almost 20 years. Under the impression of Correggio M. emancipated himself from the style of his teacher and developed into a main master of European Baroque painting. Mus.: St. Petersburg (Hermitage), Paris (Louvre), Berlin (Gem.-Gal.), Florence, (Pal. Pitti) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker.
Carlo Maratti: The Holy Family with the Infant St. John
Carlo Maratti (Camerano 1625 - Rom 1713), workshop
The Holy Family with the Infant St. John
Lot-No. 397
Oil/canvas, 104 x 122 cm, on the reverse Christie's block stamp and labels, min. rest. - Provenance: Christie's Glasgow, 21.11.91; since then private collection Norway. - Italian history and figure painter. M. became a student of A. Sacchi in Rome probably already at the age of eleven and was probably active in his workshop for almost 20 years. Under the impression of Correggio M. emancipated himself from the style of his teacher and developed into a main master of European Baroque painting. Mus.: St. Petersburg (Hermitage), Paris (Louvre), Berlin (Gem.-Gal.), Florence, (Pal. Pitti) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker.