Head of Child
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1645
- Dimensions
- 30.5 × 23.8 cm (12 1/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Carlo Maratti
Artist
Painting
Carlo Maratta or Maratti was an Italian Baroque painter and draughtsman, active principally in Rome where he was the leading painter in the second half of the 17th century. He was a fresco and canvas painter who painted in a wide range of genres, including history and portrait painting. He is the leading representative of the classicizing style in the Italian Late Baroque. He worked for prominent clients in Rome, including various popes.
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The Flight into Egypt
1659 · Oil on copper
Joseph Interpreting His Dream to His Brothers
1645 · Red chalk on ivory laid paper
Allegorical Scene in Artist's Studio
1645 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, heightened with lead white (partly discolored), with traces of graphite, on tan laid paper
The Adoration of the Magi
1640 · Etching; second state of two (Bellini)
The Flagellation of Christ
1640 · Pen and brown ink over graphite on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wove card
Assumption of the Virgin
1632 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash and black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Record
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- Carlo Maratti
- Year
- 1645
- Dimensions
- 30.5 × 23.8 cm (12 1/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1645-330333
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified