Corrado Giaquinto

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Giaquinto, self-portrait
Farinelli , painted by Giaquinto around 1753

Corrado Domenico Niccolò Antonio Giaquinto (born February 18, 1703 in Molfetta , † 1766 in Naples ) was an Italian painter from the Rococo era .

Life

His parents originally planned a church career for Giaquinto. However, he was able to get his way by training as an artist with the locally known painter Saverio Porta , his sponsor. From 1719 to 1723 he learned in the studios in Naples with Nicola Maria Rossi and finally with the artist Francesco Solimena , the main master of Neapolitan art of this era, together with some other emerging artists of his time, such as Giuseppe Bonito .

In 1727 Giaquinto moved to Rome. He earned his living as a junk dealer . At the same time he trained his first student, Giuseppe Rossi. Giaquinto's early works were large-format, religious motifs. Around 1730 he approached profane representations in smaller formats. He also painted frescoes and is considered to be the greatest master after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo .

Giaquinto married in 1733, but his wife and child died just two years later. He wasn't to find a new wife until 10 years later.

In 1740 Giaquinto was accepted into the artists' academy. The Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni gives orders. For example, in 1744 Giaquinto created two ceiling paintings and the wall design of the apse in Santa Croce in Gerusalemme , Rome. Orders also came to Rome from Naples and Turin. The number of his students grew, including José del Castillo, Antonio González Velázquez and João Pedro Volkmar from Portugal.

At the request of Ferdinand VI. from Spain , he went to Madrid in 1753. This was a quick success due to the low level of local painters. The king appointed him director of the Royal Academy of San Fernando . He had successful years here, until the taste of the public turned to classicism here too . In 1762 Giaquinto retired to Naples, where he died in 1766.

Works (selection)

  • 1742: The recovery during the flight to Egypt
  • 1744: The brazen serpent
  • 1750: Satan before the Lord
  • 1750: The Holy Spirit
  • 1750: The birth of Mary
  • 1750: winter
  • 1755: Saints in Glory
  • 1760: Justice and Peace

  • Allegory of the Arts with Apollo and the Graces

  • A sorceress

  • The birth of the sun and the triumph of Bacchus

  • St. Margaret Maria Alacoque contemplating the Sacred Heart of Jesus

literature

  • Pietro Amato (ed.): Corrado Giaquinto (1703–1766). Atti del Il convegno internazionale di studi . Mezzina, Molfetta 1985.
  • Mario d'Orsi: Corrado Giaquinto . Arte della Stampa, Rome 1958.
  • Michaela Scolaro (Ed.): Corrado Giaquinto - il cielo e la terra . Minerva Editorial, Argelato 2005, ISBN 88-7381-134-5 .

Web links

Commons : Corrado Giaquinto  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Biographies Corrado Giaquinto. In: The international auction house for the purchase and sale of Corrado Giaquinto. Ketterer Kunst, accessed November 1, 2017 .
  2. ↑ The Penitent Magdalen. In: The Met. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accessed November 1, 2017 .
  3. ↑ The Brazen Serpent. The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, accessed November 1, 2017 .
  4. ^ A b Corrado Giaquinto. The Aathenaeum, accessed November 1, 2017 (enn).
personal data
SURNAME Giaquinto, Corrado
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Giaquinto, Corrado Domenico Niccolò Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Rococo painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1703
PLACE OF BIRTH Molfetta
DATE OF DEATH 1766
Place of death Naples