Giulio Carpioni (* 1613 In Venice; † January 29, 1678 In Vicenza) The Flight To Egypt

Giulio Carpioni (* 1613 in Venice; † January 29, 1678 in Vicenza) The flight to Egypt oil on canvas 52 x 44 cm (image size) was an Italian painter and engraver from the beginning of the Venetian baroque. Giulio Carpioni was a pupil of the Venetian painter Alessandro Varotari. Through him, he became aware very early on of Titian's work, but the works of Jean Leclerc and Carlo Saraceni also influenced his artistic development. Around 1631, he and Varotari went to Bergamo, where they studied Lombard art. On the way back to Venice, Carpioni met the painter Pietro della Vecchia. The engravings of Odoardo Fialetti, Simone Cantarini and Pietro Testa also had an influence on his own work and, through the latter, the motifs of Bacchus by Nicolas Poussin, which Testa used in his works. In 1638 Carpioni moved to Vicenza. His first dated works are two glasses, La Glorification du Podestà Vincenzo Dolfin (1647) and La Glorification du Podestà Girolamo Bragadin (1648), whose style is very reminiscent of that of the painter Francesco Maffei and which are both today in the Civic Museum from Vicenza. The martyrdom of Saint Catherine followed (1648; Vicenza, Church of Santa Caterina), a self-portrait (Pinacoteca di Brera) and mythological frescoes (around 1650, Villa Caldogno Nordera). At that time, Maffei's style of Baroque painting dominated the artistic scene in Vicenza, and this influence was also strongly reflected in the works of Carpioni of the time, such as the Adoration of the Magi (circa 1650; Vicenza, Civic Museum). His painting of the Exorcism of the demons of Saint Nicolas (circa 1656; Vicenza, Santa Nicola chapel), dated a few years later, shows an abandonment of the exuberance of the Baroque in favor of the naturalness of Caravaggio. After Maffei left the city in 1657 to settle in Padua, the most creative phase of Carpioni's life began. Several of his works can be found in the chapel of Santa Chiara in Vicenza (for example The Five Saints, 1663). He also created other impressive frescoes, which can be found today in museums and buildings in the city. His most important late work dates from 1671 and is on the ceiling of the Chapel of St. Nicholas in Vicenza. There are eleven paintings representing the triumph of Saint Nicholas and the virtues. His small and charming bacchanalia, which reflect the influence of the Testa and the Titian, are particularly original. Carpioni's other favorite themes are the victory of Silence and the realm of hypnosis, which inspired him to create various paintings. Besides oil painting, he also produced numerous engravings, mainly with religious and mythological motifs. They can be seen today at the Uffizi or the Ashmolean Museum, for example. Inv.n ° 2102