Monday, February 25, 2019

Carlo Maratti (1625-1713) - Drawings after the Antique

Carlo Maratti
Farnese Hercules 
(ancient statue formerly in Palazzo Farnese, Rome, now in Naples)
ca. 1670-80
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Carlo Maratti
Farnese Hercules, back view
(ancient statue formerly in Palazzo Farnese, Rome, now in Naples)
ca. 1670-80
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Carlo Maratti
Figure of Soldier
(from antique relief of Marcus Aurelius, Capitoline Museum, Rome)
mid-to-late 17th century
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Carlo Maratti
Head of the Apollo Belvedere
(antique statue in the Vatican)
ca. 1665-70
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

workshop of Carlo Maratti
Apollo Belvedere 
(antique statue in the Vatican)
ca. 1665-70
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Carlo Maratti
Venus pulling a Thorn from her Foot
(study for painting)
mid-to-late 17th century
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Carlo Maratti
Venus, Cupid and Vulcan 
(study for painting)
mid-to-late 17th century
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Carlo Maratti
Sacrifice of a Bull
(antique relief, formerly in the Villa Medici, Rome, now in the Uffizi, Florence)
mid-to-late 17th century
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Carlo Maratti
Maenad
(from antique sarcophagus relief, Villa Albani, Rome)
mid-to-late 17th century
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Carlo Maratti
Muse
(antique statue, Capitoline Museum, Rome)
mid-to-late 17th century
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Carlo Maratti after Raphael
Head of Bacchus
(from Psyche received on Olympus fresco, Villa Farnesina, Rome)
mid-to-late 17th century
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Carlo Maratti after Polidoro da Caravaggio
Janus
(from lost Polidoro drawing)
ca. 1680-90
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Carlo Maratti after Michelangelo
Libyan Sibyl
(from fresco border, Sistine Ceiling, Vatican)
mid-to-late 17th century
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Carlo Maratti after Annibale Carracci
Winged Sphinx and Ornamental Motif
(from fresco border, Galleria Farnese, Rome)
mid-to-late 17th century
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain