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| Carlo Maratti after a painting by Andrea Sacchi Marcantonio Pasqualini crowned by Apollo ca. 1640-50 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
"Born in the Marches, Carlo Maratti (or Maratta) entered the Roman studio of Andrea Sacchi in 1636 as a young boy, and was to remain in Rome for almost the whole of his career. His reputation was established in 1650 with his first public commission, an altarpiece of The Adoration of the Shepherds for the church of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami. He continue to work with Sacchi even as an independent artist, and took over the elder artist's studio on his death in 1661. Three years later Maratti was elected principe of the Accademia di San Luca, by which time he had established one of the largest and most successful workshops in Rome. He enjoyed a remarkably successful career, receiving numerous important commissions for altarpieces, cabinet pictures and frescoes. Appointed painter to seven popes, as well as King Louis XIV of France, Maratti counted among his patrons the most illustrious Roman families, including the Barberini, Colonna, Rospigliosi, Spada, Pallavicini and Chigi. . . . Following the death of Gianlorenzo Bernini in 1680 Maratti became the leading artist in the city."
– from a biographical sketch prepared by Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London
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| Carlo Maratti St John expounding the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception (study for altarpiece) ca. 1685-86 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Carlo Maratti St John expounding the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception (altarpiece) 1686 oil on canvas Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome |
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| Carlo Maratti St John expounding the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception (study for altarpiece) 1686 drawing Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf |
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| Carlo Maratti Assumption of the Virgin ca. 1645-55 drawing Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
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| Carlo Maratti Faith and Justice Enthroned ca. 1676 drawing Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
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| Carlo Maratti Study for Virgin and Child in oval frame ca. 1675 drawing British Museum |
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| Carlo Maratti Allegorical Figure of Winged Time trampling Envy and holding Portrait aloft (study for monument to Pietro da Cortona) ca. 1675 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Carlo Maratti Portrait of Francesca Gommi Maratta ca. 1690 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art |
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| Carlo Maratti Portrait of André le Nôtre ca. 1679-81 oil on canvas Château de Versailles |
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| Carlo Maratti St John the Evangelist (study for statue executed by Rusconi in St John Lateran, Rome) ca. 1703 drawing British Museum |
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| Carlo Maratti St John the Evangelist (study for statue executed by Rusconi in St John Lateran, Rome) ca. 1703 drawing British Museum |
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| attributed to Carlo Maratti Figure-study ca. 1650-1700 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Carlo Maratti The Flagellation ca. 1655-57 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |