Gianbettino Cignaroli
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Gianbettino Cignaroli , sometimes also Giambettino, (* July 4, 1706 in Verona , † December 1, 1770 ibid) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque in northern Italy.
Cignaroli was the only child of Leonardo Cignaroli and Rosa Lugiati, but had six half-siblings from his father's second marriage, two of whom were painters, Gian Domenico (1722–1793) and Giuseppe Cignaroli (Fra Felice, 1727–1796), and a sculptor (Diomiro Cignaroli, 1718–1803). He first studied rhetoric, literature and poetry and, as a painter, was a student of Santo Prunato and Antonio Balestra . He mainly painted religious subjects (such as the Virgin and Child). For Karl Joseph von Firmian, the imperial governor of Lombardy, he painted two paintings with ancient motifs (Death of Cato 1759, Death of Socrates). He was also highly valued by his contemporaries - Emperor Joseph II is said to have said that he saw two celebrities in Verona , the amphitheater and the first painter in Europe .
According to Nagler, he was known for incorporating angelic jokes in his paintings . He painted for many princes, but did not accept any invitation to their courts. Nevertheless his prices were those of a court painter . For health reasons, he did not paint any frescoes (except for the Labia house in Venice when he was young).
He also wrote Memorabilia, edited by P. Ippolita Belivacqua dell 'Oratorio in 1771 and under his own name in 1772.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Cignaroli, Giovanni Bettino . 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. 371 f. ( Digitized version ).
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References
- ↑ called Leonardo I, to distinguish the sons of Diomiro (Leonardo II.) And Giandomenico (Leonardo III.), Both painters. Leonardo I was not an artist
- ↑ or Giandomenico
- ^ Georg Kaspar Nagler New general artist lexicon
- ↑ Nagler loc. Cit.
- ↑ Nagler, loc. Cit.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cignaroli, Gianbettino |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cignaroli, Giambettino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 4, 1706 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Verona |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1, 1770 |
| Place of death | Verona |