Giuseppe Baldrighi

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Giuseppe Baldrighi (* 12. August 1722 in Stradella at Pavia ; † 12. January 1803 in Parma ) was an Italian painter of the Rococo , of the Duchy of Parma was one of the leading artists of his time.

Life

Self-portrait with his wife ( L'Artista con la moglie ), Parma National Gallery
Duke Philip of Parma with his family, Galleria nazionale di Parma

Around 1730 Giuseppe Baldrighi moved with his family to Naples and then to Florence , where he was apprenticed to Vincenzo Meucci . In 1750 he was an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna ( Accademia Clementina ), where he was recognized by Duke Philip of Parma for his innovation in miniature painting .

From 1752 to 1756, Baldrighi stayed in Paris on behalf of the Duke. In the studio of François Boucher , but also influenced by the works of Jean-Baptiste Oudry , he gained numerous experiences, which are reflected in a series of large heads of animals that he painted in the style of Oudry during this period. This consists of four parts: the head of a tiger, a wolf, an eagle and a lion head.

At the end of June 1756 he presented his painting Carità romana / Charité romaine at the Académie Royale , which enabled him to become a member of the Academy. In the same year Baldrighi returned to Parma, also because of health problems, where he received the title of court painter to the Duke of Parma, combined with the right to run his own studio as a master of painting. During his further career he focused almost exclusively on portraiture and created several portraits of prominent personalities, including the Duke of Parma and his family. Baldrighi's house in Parma became a meeting place for scholars and at the same time Parma developed under Duke Philip, the son of King Philip V of Spain , and his wife, Elisabeth of Parma , daughter of Louis XV. from France, to an important European city of culture and enlightenment.

Around 1760 Baldrighi was called to teach alongside Pietro Melchiorre Ferrari and Giuseppe Peroni at the Academy of Parma founded by Duke Philipp. In 1772 he was appointed professor.

Giuseppe Baldrighi died in Parma in 1803 at the age of eighty and was buried in the Church of the Holy Trinity.

Works (selection)

  • Tiger head + wolf head (auctioned at Finarte Milan March 16, 1994)
  • Ritratto di Madame Bonnet ( Portrait of Madame Bonnet ) (1752)
  • Ritratto del conte Jacopo Antonio Sanvitale ( Portrait of Count Jacopo Antonio Sanvitale ) (1753) - Rocca Sanvitale, Castello di Fontanellato
  • Charité romaine (1756) - Musée Angers
  • Portrait of the Ducal Family - Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
  • Ercole che libera Prometeo ( Hercules frees Prometheus ) - Pinacoteca di Parma
  • Luigi Berri - Pinacoteca Stuard Parma
  • Triumph of Faith for the Colorno Chapel (1777)

gallery

  • "Autoritratto con il Callani e il Ferrari", painted 1751 ( self-portrait with Callani and Ferrari , Pinacoteca di Parma)

  • Wolf head

  • "Hercules frees Prometheus"

  • Princess Maria Luise of Bourbon-Parma , painted 1765

literature

Web links

Commons : Giuseppe Baldrighi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ La mostra "Fiere, lupi e cavalli. Il bestiario dipinto di Giuseppe Baldrighi", 2003 , accessed on May 11, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Baldrighi, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1722
PLACE OF BIRTH Stradella
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1803
Place of death Parma