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| Carlo Maratti after Raphael Female Figure holding Wreath (from Wedding Banquet of Cupid and Psyche fresco, Villa Farnesina) mid-to-late 17th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Carlo Maratti after Raphael Figure of Temperance (from fresco border, Stanza di Costantino, Vatican) mid-to-late 17th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Carlo Maratti after Raphael Head of a Woman (from Crossing of the Red Sea fresco, Sistine Chapel) mid-to-late 17th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
"Carlo Maratti studied nearly round-the-clock as a youth in a life "far removed from every form of juvenile levity," according to his early biographer. Maratta arrived in Rome at age twelve and stayed to become one of the city's leading painters of the late 1600s. From the 1650 success of a large altarpiece, Maratti's career was a string of triumphs. By century's end, his late Baroque classicism was not only Rome's predominant style but the accepted court style of Louis XIV's France. Although he primarily painted altarpieces, Maratti also painted portraits and major fresco cycles and designed large-scale sculptures. He returned to the classical principles of composing with a few solid, rounded figures and an even, light palette that focused attention on the figure's attitude and gestures. Amidst much High Baroque exuberance, Maratti's contemporaries found his simply draped figures' noble bearing and moral conviction refreshing. At eighty, he was still painting, teaching, and serving as president of the Accademia di San Luca."
– from curator's notes at the Getty Museum
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| Carlo Maratti after Raphael Head of a Bishop (from Disputà fresco, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican) mid-to-late 17th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Carlo Maratti after Raphael Head of Venus (from Venus, Ceres and Juno fresco, Villa Farnesina) mid-to-late 17th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Carlo Maratti after Raphael Figure of Young Man leaning and pointing (from School of Athens fresco, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican) mid-to-late 17th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Carlo Maratti after Raphael Ornamental Figure of Young Woman (from Pope Urban I fresco, Stanza di Costantino, Vatican) mid-to-late 17th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Carlo Maratti after Raphael Costume Details (from Constantine addressing his Army fresco, Stanza di Costantino, Vatican) mid-to-late 17th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Carlo Maratti after Raphael Reclining Figure (from Psyche received on Olympus fresco, Villa Farnesina) mid-to-late 17th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Carlo Maratti after Raphael Two Young Men (from School of Athens fresco, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican) mid-to-late 17th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Carlo Maratti after Raphael Seated Woman and Child (from Mass at Bolsena fresco, Stanza di Eliodoro, Vatican) mid-to-late 17th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Carlo Maratti after Raphael Figure of Crouching Youth writing (from Disputà fresco, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican) mid-to-late 17th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Carlo Maratti after Raphael Caryatid with Oar, representing Navigation (from fresco border, Stanza di Eliodoro, Vatican) mid-to-late 17th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Carlo Maratti after Raphael Caryatid with Anchor, representing Colonies (from fresco border, Stanza di Eliodoro, Vatican) mid-to-late 17th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |