Carlo Carlone (painter)

The Assumption of Saints Felix and Adauctus , fresco design by Carlo Innocenzo Carlone for the parish church of San Felice del Benaco on Lake Garda

Carlo Innocenzo Carlone , also Carlo Innocenzo Carloni , mostly called Carlo Carlone , (* November 1686 in Scaria ; † May 17, 1775 ibid) was a Lombard painter and fresco artist .

Life

Carlo Carlone came from the Carlone family of artists . He was born in Scaria as the son of the builder, sculptor and plasterer Giovanni Battista Carlone and died there in 1775. He is a pioneer of the Rococo with his colorful frescoes and altarpieces . After he had created many works in Germany and Austria, he returned in more mature years to northern Italy, where he still produced a large number of works.

Catalog of works

Weingarten basilica: death of St. Joseph , 1731

Weingarten (Württemberg), Benedictine monastery, Basilica of St. Martin

• The altarpiece "Descent from the Cross" in the south transept shows a diagonal structure and was painted in bright colors in 1731.
• Altar sheet “Death of St. Josef ”, stucco altar in the north aisle, first altar starting from the west: also from 1731.

Brühl , Augustusburg Castle

• Around 1750 the fresco "Magnanimity and Generosity of Clemens August" was created in the stairwell (The builder, the Elector and Archbishop of Cologne, came from the Wittelsbach family.) The fresco, together with the stairwell by Balthasar Neumann, forms a spatial work of art of high quality. In the garden hall “Glorification of the Emperor Charles VII”, in the dining and music room “Apollo and the Muses” and in the Johannes von Nepomuk chapel “Glorification of Saint John v. N. “as well as an altarpiece in oil.

Schöneberg, Rhine Province (?)

• A work by Carlo Carlone is said to have existed there.

Vienna , Palais Daun-Kinsky

• Ceiling fresco in the stairwell
• Mythological-allegorical ceiling painting in the large ballroom

Vienna, Upper Belvedere

• Ceiling painting of the marble hall
• The “Allegory of Fame” fresco in the great hall is probably by Carlo Carlone. (But: Reclam's art guide: "the fresco is unknown"!)
• Castle chapel: some frescoes, around 1723

Ansbach , Bavaria, Middle Franconia, residence

• Large hall: ceiling fresco with the glorification of Margrave Carl Wilhelm Friedrich, around 1735–36.

Groß-Siegharts , Lower Austria

• Fresco above the organ choir (sermon of John the Baptist), 1727
• Fresco in the domed yoke (= Holy Trinity and the Transfiguration of Mary), 1727
• Fresco above the altar (Beheading of John), 1727
• Fresco in the palace chapel, dated 1717

Pilgrimage church Stadl-Paura , Upper Austria, parish and pilgrimage church for the Most Holy Trinity

• Frescoes: The figures in the frescoes are by Carlo Carlone; the pseudo architecture was painted by Francesco Messenta .
• Altarpiece of the Descent from the Cross on the God-Son Altar (1724)

Schloss Hof , Lower Austria, near Gänserndorf

• Ceiling fresco from 1725 in the domed vault of the palace chapel

Pendentif in the Sant'Afra church in Brescia representing the Evangelist Matteus

Linz

• Landstrasse, Carmelite Church of St. Josef: the Anne Altarpiece (1712).
• Landstrasse, Ursuline Church of St. Michael: Thieme / Becker mention that Carlone is said to have worked for the Ursuline women; nothing is noted in Reclam's art guide.
• Town hall: Thieme / Becker mention that Carlone is said to have worked in the town hall. A large painting in the ballroom is mentioned that shows Linz in 1742; it could be from Carlo Carlone. Not mentioned in Reclam's art guide.

Heimsheim , Baden-Württemberg, near Weil der Stadt

• Schlegler Castle, New Castle: Paintings from 1729/1730.

Ludwigsburg, Württemberg, residential palace

• New corps de logis, oval vestibule (= entrance hall from the inner courtyard of the castle): the ceiling painting was probably created by Carlo Carlone's hand around 1735. It represents the homage to the arts. The figurative, especially the herm figures there are by Diego Carlone , a main representative of the Northern Italian traveling artist.
• Court Church: Dome fresco (1719/20) with the glory of the Trinity and the high altar image (1720), an image of the Last Supper. The figural stucco work in the court church was shared by Diego Carlone and Ad. Casp. Seefried. The figures of David and Solomon on the high altar are by Diego Carlone.
• The ceiling painting of the ancestral gallery is considered a major work by Carlo Carlone. The length of the gallery ceiling is divided into fields of different sizes with allegorical representations of ancient mythology . The central ceiling area shows the main theme: The sciences and arts glorify the Duke.

Einsiedeln

• Monastery church: altar leaves of the Benedict and Meinrad altars

Prague , Clam-Gallas Palace

• Fresco of the staircase, lounges and hall (1727–1729), Silvestro Fossati employee

Wroclaw

• Cathedral, chapel: a work by Carlo Carlone should be on view there.

Ellwangen , St. Vitus Basilica

• Decoration of the Romanesque interior of the St. Vitus Basilica

literature

• Anthony Blunt: Art and Culture of the Baroque and Rococo . Herderverlag
• Günter Brucher: Baroque architecture in Austria . DuMont, 1983
• Robert Darmstädter: Artist Lexicon
• Wilfried Hansmann: Carlo Carlone. Paintings and color sketches in Augustusburg Castle in Brühl , Administration Castle Brühl, Brühl 2004
• Peter Krückmann, Fritz Fischer a. a .: Carlo Carlone, 1686-1775. The Ansbach order . Administration of the State Palaces, Gardens and Lakes, Bavaria, Landshut 1990, ISBN 3-9802205-2-4
• M. Marangoni: I Carloni . Florence 1925
• Ursula Röhlig:  Carlone, Carlo. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 141 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Gebhard Spahr OSB: Upper Swabian Baroque Street. Volume I, 3rd edition, 1986.
• Hans Tietze : Carlone, Carlo (Innocent?) . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 5–6 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Julius Tuschnig: The Styrian branches of the Carlone family of artists . Dissertation Graz 1935
• Carlo Carlone (painter) . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 16, Saur, Munich a. a. 1997, ISBN 3-598-22756-6 , p. 450.
• Artist Lexicon. Reclam iun. 1979
• Lexicon of Art. Herderverlag
• Lexicon of Art. Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1987
• Reclam's art guide Austria. I = Vienna, Upper and Lower Austria, Burgenland, 1961
• Reclam's art guide Austria. II (other federal states)
• Reclam's art guide Germany. I, 1 = Bavaria South
• Reclam's art guide Germany. I, 2 = Bavaria North
• Reclam's art guide Germany. II = Baden-Württemberg
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Carlone, Carlo . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 2nd part. Publishing house of the typographic-literary-artistic establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1857, p. 285 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Carlo Innocenzo Carloni  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Biography on art-platform.com, by Patrizia Menin, November 2002 and Daria Daniaux, November 2003
• artistiticinesi-ineuropa.ch
• Works by Carlo Carlone in: Digitales Belvedere
• Entry about Carlo Carlone (painter) on Artisti Italiani in Austria , a project of the University of Innsbruck