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378: 432: 137: 735: 271: 42: 281: 243:, based on designs by Sacchi, gained him attention as an artist but his first prominent independent work was the 'Adoration of the Shepherds' (1650) for San Giuseppe di Falegnami. Another major work from this period was 'The Mystery of the Trinity Revealed to St. Augustine' (c. 1655) painted for the church of 196:, the artists academy in Rome. Sacchi argued that paintings should only have a few figures which should express the narrative whereas Cortona countered that a greater number of figures allowed for the development of sub themes. Maratta's painting at this time was closely allied with the classicism of 295:
in 1680, he became the leading artist in Rome. In 1664, Maratta became the director of the Accademia di San Luca and, concerned with elevating the status of artists, promoted the study and drawing of the art of Classical Antiquity. During the 1670s he was commissioned by Pope
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With a general decline in patronage around the beginning of the eighteenth century and largely due to the economic downturn, Maratta turned his hand to painting restoration, including works by Raphael and Carracci. His sculptural designs included figures of the Apostles for
392:, was born to Maratta by his mistress, Francesca Gommi (or Gomma). He legally recognized her as his daughter in 1698 and upon becoming a widower in 1700, Maratta married the girl's mother. His daughter's features were incorporated into a number of Maratta's late paintings. 152:(15 May 1625 – 15 December 1713) was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. Although he is part of the classical tradition stemming from 266:
in the gallery of the Quirinal Palace where he worked under the direction of Cortona who selected him for this task. His pictures of the late 1650s exhibit light and movement derived from Roman Baroque painting, combined with classical idealism.
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From 1660, he built up a private client base amongst wealthy patrons of Europe, establishing the most prominent art studio in Rome of his time and, after the death of
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which was being painted at the same time, Maratta did not employ illusionism; his scene remained within its frame and used few figures.
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St John the Baptist Explaining the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception to Sts Gregory, Augustine, and John Chrysostom
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or ‘Little Carlo of the Madonnas', but his gifted interpretation of this theme. Other works included an altarpiece,
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Maratti intended further decorations to this room which were not executed due to the death of the pope.
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He developed a close relationship with Sacchi till the death of his master in 1661. His fresco of '
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Maratta was a well-known portrait painter. He painted Sacchi (c. 1655, Prado), Cardinal
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painting and particularly in his use of colour. His contemporary and friend,
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ordering the Destruction of Pagan Idols' (1648) for the Baptistery of the
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The Virgin with Saints Carlo Borromeo and Ignatius of Loyola, and Angels
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and was far more restrained and composed than the Baroque exuberance of
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Juno Beseeching Aeolus to Release the Winds Against the Trojan Fleet
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The Lives of the Modern Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
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The Assumption of the Virgin with Doctors of the Church
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Church Fathers discuss the Assumption of the Virgin
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Boone. pp.  673: 395:In 1704, Maratta was knighted by Pope 623:(New Haven and London, 2003), passim. 563:for further discussion of the debate. 7: 709:Art and Architecture Italy 1600-1750 515:Santa Maria in Vepretis, San Ginesio 659:The Evolution of English Collecting 621:The Evolution of English Collecting 809:People from the Province of Ancona 501:Saint Joseph and the Infant Christ 495:Portrait of Clement IX Rospigliosi 25: 839:18th-century Italian male artists 511:Assumption of an Enthroned Virgin 304:; the iconographic programme for 733: 135: 308:was devised by Bellori. 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Maratta

Camerano
Papal States
Rome
Papal States
Italian
Painting
Baroque

Raphael
Baroque
Giovanni Bellori
Camerano
Papal States
Taddeo Barberini
Andrea Sacchi
Pietro da Cortona
Accademia di San Luca
Sacchi
Pietro da Cortona
Parma
Bologna
Annibale Carracci
Guercino
Guido Reni
Francesco Albani
Giovanni Lanfranco
Constantine
Lateran

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