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Viviano Codazzi (c.1606–1670) was an Italian painter of quadratura (fictive architectural decoration), architectural paintings, capricci and ruin pieces, and some vedute during the Baroque period. He was active in Naples and Rome. He is also known in older sources as Viviano Codagora or il Codagora

Biography

Born in Valsassina near Bergamo, by 1633 he had reached Naples, where he worked on commissions at the Certosa di San Martino resulting from his connections with his fellow Bergamasque Cosimo Fanzago. A major commission in Naples was a series of four large canvases representing ancient Roman scenes (including one depicting gladiatorial combats in the Colosseum) for the Buen Retiro in Madrid, with figures by Domenico Gargiulo. Codazzi was essentially a painter of architecture, and the figures are always by others. In Naples his principal collaborator for the figures was Gargiulo. After relocating to Rome following the revolt of Masaniello in 1647, he collaborated with painters from the circle of Dutch painters active in Rome, known as Bamboccianti, especially Michelangelo Cerquozzi and Jan Miel. He also collaborated with Filippo Lauri, Adrien van der Cabel and Vicente Giner during the 1660s. He had several close followers, including Ascanio Luciano and Andrea di Michele in Naples, his son Niccolò Codazzi (1642–1693), Vicente Giner (who settled in Spain), and Domenico Roberti. His depiction of St. Peters Basilica in 1636 in the Museo del Prado, Madrid <ref>[http://www.wga.hu/html/c/codazzi/rome.html is an unusual work for him in being a veduta, or topographical view. It was painted in Naples and shows the old entrance to the Vatican palace, destroyed when Bernini's Scala Regia and colonnade were constructed, as well as clock towers (campanili) based on an engraving of a never-executed design by Martino Ferabosco. One of his best known paintings is a depiction of the Revolt of Masaniello in the Piazza del Mercato in Naples, with figures by Cerquozzi, painted for Cardinal Bernardino Spada in 1648 and now in the Galleria Spada in Rome. Most of his paintings are medium-sized paintings of architecture, either ruins, ideal architecture, or capricci, in a landscape setting.

References

Gallery of Art entry
David R. Marshall, Viviano and Niccolò Codazzi and the Baroque Architectural Fantasy, Rome, Jandi Sapi, 1993

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-'''Viviano Codazzi''' (1606 or 1611–1672) was an Italian painter of landscapes or ''[[veduta|vedute]]'' during the [[Baroque]] period, active mainly in Rome and [[Naples]].
+'''Viviano Codazzi''' (c.1606–1670) was an Italian painter of quadratura (fictive architectural decoration), architectural paintings, capricci and ruin pieces, and some ''[[veduta|vedute]]'' during the [[Baroque]] period. He was active in [[Naples]] and Rome. He is also known in older sources as ''Viviano Codagora'' or ''il Codagora''
 ==Biography==
-Born in [[Bergamo]], he is also known as ''Viviano Codagora'' or ''il Codagora'' but by 1620 he had reached Naples, where he probably continued training with [[Cosimo Fanzago]]. In Naples, he also worked with [[Domenico Gargiulo]] in completing large fanciful landscapes; with Codazzi painting the architecture, and Gargiulo, the figures. This type of collaboration would be common for Codazzi, and after relocating to Rome after the [[Masaniello]] revolt, he also collaborated with [[Antoine Gobau]], [[Michelangelo Cerquozzi]], [[Jan Miel]], [[Filippo Lauri]], and [[Vicente Giner]].
+Born in Valsassina near [[Bergamo]], by 1633 he had reached Naples, where he worked on commissions at the Certosa di San Martino resulting from his connections with his fellow Bergamasque [[Cosimo Fanzago]]. A major commission in Naples was a series of four large canvases representing ancient Roman scenes (including one depicting gladiatorial combats in the Colosseum) for the Buen Retiro in Madrid,  with figures by [[Domenico Gargiulo]]. Codazzi was essentially a painter of architecture, and the figures are always by others. In Naples his principal collaborator for the figures was Gargiulo. After relocating to Rome following the revolt of [[Masaniello]] in 1647, he  collaborated with painters from the circle of [[Netherlands|Dutch]] painters active in Rome, known as [[Bamboccianti]], especially [[Michelangelo Cerquozzi]] and [[Jan Miel]]. He also collaborated with [[Filippo Lauri]], Adrien van der Cabel and [[Vicente Giner]] during the 1660s. He had several close followers, including Ascanio Luciano and Andrea di Michele in Naples,  his son [[Niccolò Codazzi]] (1642–1693), Vicente Giner (who settled in Spain), and Domenico Roberti.
+His depiction of ''St. Peters Basilica'' in 1636 in the Museo del Prado, Madrid <ref>[http://www.wga.hu/html/c/codazzi/rome.html is an unusual work for him in being a [[veduta]], or topographical view. It was painted in Naples and shows the old entrance to the Vatican palace,  destroyed when Bernini's Scala Regia and colonnade were constructed, as well as clock towers (campanili) based on an engraving of a never-executed design by Martino Ferabosco. One of his best known paintings is a depiction of the Revolt of Masaniello in the Piazza del Mercato in Naples, with figures by Cerquozzi, painted for Cardinal Bernardino Spada in 1648 and now in the Galleria Spada in Rome. Most of his paintings are medium-sized  paintings of architecture, either ruins, ideal architecture, or capricci, in a landscape setting.
-[[Image:Vivianocodazzi stpetersbasilica.jpg|thumb|right|240px|[[Piazza San Pietro]] as it was in 1630, painted by Viviano Codazzi.]]
+[[Image:Vivianocodazzi stpetersbasilica.jpg|thumb|right|240px|[[Piazza San Pietro]] as it was in 1636, painted by Viviano Codazzi.]]
-He painted in a style influenced by a circle of [[Netherlands|Dutch]] painters active in Rome, known as [[Bamboccianti]], including [[Pieter van Laer]]. He is best known as one of the earliest practitioners in Italy of painting architectural [[veduta]] of Rome and Roman ruins, both fanciful ([[Capriccio (painting)|capriccio]]) or realistic (''veduta realistica''). His son [[Niccolò Codazzi]] (1642–1693) was also a painter of vedute. Viviano was a strong influence on [[Canaletto]] and [[Bernardo Bellotto]]. His depiction of ''St. Peters Basilica'' in 1630<ref>[http://www.wga.hu/html/c/codazzi/rome.html St Peter's, Rome by CODAZZI, Viviano<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> shows one of the last depictions of the facade without [[Bernini]]'s colonnade.
 ==References==
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 *[http://www.wga.hu/bio/c/codazzi/biograph.html|Web Gallery of Art entry]
-*Viviano and Niccolò Codazzi and the Baroque Architectural Fantasy, Review author[s]: Thomas Willette. ''The Burlington Magazine'' (1994). p.&nbsp;560-561.
+*David R. Marshall, Viviano and Niccolò Codazzi and the Baroque Architectural Fantasy, Rome, Jandi Sapi, 1993
-*{{cite book | first= Maria|last= Farquhar| year=1855| title= Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters|  editor = Ralph Nicholson Wornum| publisher=  Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006| id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:Wornum+intitle:principal+intitle:painters | authorlink= | page= 47 }}
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 [[Category:17th-century births]]
-[[Category:1672 deaths]]
+[[Category:1670 deaths]]
 [[Category:Bergamese painters]]
 [[Category:Italian Baroque painters]]