Carlo Maratta (camerano 1625 – Rome 1713) And Workshop.

THE MADONNA JESUS ​​AND SAINT JOHN, OIL ON CANVAS 51.1 X 64.5 CM. CARLO MARATTA, SOMETIMES MENTIONED IN HISTORICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES ALSO AS CARLO MARATTI, WAS A CENTRAL FIGURE OF 17TH CENTURY ROMAN AND ITALIAN PAINTING. A STUDENT OF ANDREA SACCHI, HE SHORTLY SUPERSUPREMED HIS MASTER, ESTABLISHING HIMSELF AS ONE OF THE BEST ARTISTS OF HIS TIME. IN A PICTORIAL WORLD DOMINATED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BAROQUE, HE KNEW HOW TO REMAIN FAITHFUL TO HIS CLASSICISM, FOLLOWING IN THE COURTEOUS FOOTSTEPS OF RAPHAEL WITH UNITARY AND SIMPLE COMPOSITIONS. THE PAINTING PRESENTED HERE CLEARLY INDICATES THIS WAY OF PAINTING, WITHOUT FRILLS, ESSENTIAL IN ITS SIMPLICITY. THE CLASSICAL SHAPES OF THE CHARACTERS WELL REPRESENT THE STYLE OF THE MASTER TENDING TOWARDS AN “IDEAL BEAUTY” EMBODIED IN THE PAINTINGS OF RAPHAEL AND OTHER PAINTERS WHO PRECEDED HIM SUCH AS CARRACCI, RENI AND DOMENICHINO. THE WORK, ACCOMPANIED BY A SPECTACULAR FRAME, IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND IS OFFERED AT 13,000 EUROS. THE PAINTING IS ATTRIBUTED BY EMILIO NEGRO TO CARLO MARATTA HOWEVER OUT OF CAUTION IN THE ABSENCE OF HISTORICAL-LITERARY SOURCES, THE WORK IS SOLD AS MARATTA AND WORKSHOP.