Pietro Aquila

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Pietro Aquila (* around 1630 in Marsala , † 1692 in Alcamo ) was an Italian painter, draftsman and graphic artist of the Baroque period in Rome and Sicily .

Life

Nothing is known about his first training in Sicily. He came to Rome at a young age, where he was a student of Pietro del Pò at the Accademia di San Luca .

In the second half of the 17th century Aquila became an important draftsman, etcher and engraver , who graphically implemented numerous works by other artists.

He probably came back to Sicily in the eighties, where he is said to have painted panels for various churches . However, his activity is only documented in the Santa Maria della Pietà (Palermo) , for which he painted two altarpieces that are stylistically based on Carlo Maratta .

Best known is his extensive portfolio of copperplate engravings on the frescoes by Annibale Carracci in the famous gallery of the Palazzo Farnese in Rome. In addition, he created copper engravings based on pictures by Raffael , Carlo Maratta , Giovanni Lanfranco , but also from his own works.

His nephew and student was the engraver Francesco Faraone Aquila (Palermo, 1690-1740).

Works

  • Palazzo Massimo ( Roccasecca dei Volsci ): Madonna del Rosario
  • Santa Maria della Pietà (Palermo) : panel paintings (octagons) “The priest Melchizedek greets Abraham” and “Return of the prodigal son” (around 1685).
  • Graphic work on the frescoes by Annibale Carracci in the Palazzo Farnese (1678)
  • Graphic work on Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican Loggias (published in Rome in 1675)
  • Graphic work “Assembly of the Gods” after Giovanni Lanfranco's frescoes in the Villa Borghese
  • The victory of Constantine over Maxentius (1683)

literature

  • Galeriae Farnesianæ Icones Romae in aedibus Sereniss. Ducis Parmensis. From Annibale Carracio ad Veterum aemuationem posterorumq. admirationem coloribus expressae cum ipsarum monocromatibus et ornamentis, a Petro Aquila delineatae incisae. JJ de Rubeis, Rome 1677, (Review in: Francesco Nazari (Ed.): Il giornale de 'letterati. 1678, ZDB -ID 2588921-7 , pp. 81–84.) For the review see: Margaret Daly Davis (Ed. ): Anonymus, review of Galeriae Farnesianae Icones Romae in aedibus Sereniss. Ducis Parmensis from Annibale Carracio ad Veterum aemuationem posterorumq. admirationem coloribus expressae cum ipsarum monocromatibus et ornamentis, a Petro Aquila delineatae incisae: Io: Iacobi de Rubeis cura, sumptibus ac typis excusae. Romae: ad Templum S. Mariae de Pace cum Privil. Summi Pontificis [1677]. In: Giornale de letterati. Francesco Nazari, 1678, pp. 81-84 (= Fontes 25). University Library of Heidelberg University, Heidelberg 2008, archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de .
  • Stefano Ticozzi: Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori de medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsiatori d'ogni età e d'ogni nazione. Volume 1. Schiepatti, Milan 1830, p. 71 books.google.at .
  • Paul Kristeller: Aquila, Pietro . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 51 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

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personal data
SURNAME Aquila, Pietro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pietro Dell'Aquila
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1630
PLACE OF BIRTH Marsala
DATE OF DEATH 1692
Place of death Alcamo