Carlo Saraceni

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Portrait of Carlo Saraceni (1616, unknown artist)
Painting by Carlo Saraceni

Carlo Saraceni (* around 1579 in Venice ; † June 16, 1620 there ) was an Italian painter .

Life

Saraceni, son of a Bolognese silk merchant family, moved to Rome around 1600 and stayed there for most of his life. He may have been a student of Adam Elsheimer , but was also heavily influenced by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio . Of his small-scale landscapes in copper , those on mythological subjects are the best. In 1616 he worked with Giovanni Lanfranco on frescoes in the Sala Regia of the Quirinal Palace . He died in Venice, where he was commissioned to decorate the hall of the Great Council.

Works

(Selection)

  • The death of Mariae, around 1615/19
  • The hll. Jerome, Maria Magdalena, Antonius and Francis
  • The vision of St. Francis, around 1615
  • San Carlo Borromeo communica un apestato Martirio di Sant Erasmo

literature

Web links

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