- Giulio Carpioni
Giulio Carpioni (
1613 -29 January 1678 ) was an Italian painter and etcher of the earlyBaroque era.Born probably in
Venice , Carpioni studied underAlessandro Varotari ("il Padovanino") and was also infuenced by the work ofSimone Cantarini ,Carlo Saraceni and Jean Leclerc. He came into contact with Lombard art after a brief visit toBergamo in 1631. In 1638 he settled inVicenza and executed most of his work there.He painted history and bacchanals, and also sacred subjects of a small size, many of which are to be seen in the churches in the Venetian states. Paintings by him may be seen in the Galleries of Augsburg, Dresden,
Vienna , Modena, andFlorence . He was also an etcher; his best plates being "St. Anthony of Padua", "Christ on the Mount of Olives", "The Virgin reading", and "The Virgin with Rosary". He died atVerona .Carlo Carpioni , his son, was also a painter.Among his important works are the "Apotheosis of the
Dolfin family" (1647) and the "Allegory of theGrimani Family" (1651), and altarpiece of "Sant'Antonio da Padova", a "Virgin and two saints", and a "Triumph of Silenus" in the Gallerie dell’Accademia of Venice. He painted a series of canvases for theOratory of San Nicola da Tolentino in Vicenza.*"Crucifixion" (1648,
Accademia , Venice). [http://www.wga.hu/html/c/carpioni/crucifix.html]
*"Apollo and Marsyas" (Private Collection). [http://www.wga.hu/html/c/carpioni/marsyas.html]
*"Neptune Pursuing Coronis" (Uffizi Gallery ,Florence )
*"Liriope bringing Narcissus before Tiresias" (Private Collection) [http://www.wga.hu/html/c/carpioni/crucifix.html]
*"Banquet of the Gods" (attributed,Querini-Stampalia Gallery , Venice [http://www.provincia.venezia.it/querini/gallery/Pages/XVII/carpioni.htm]External links
* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/carpioni_giulio.html Giulio Carpioni page in artcyclopedia.com ]
* [http://www.artnet.com/library/01/0143/T014325.asp The Grove Dictionary of Art]References
*cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1886| title="Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical" (Volume I: A-K)| editor = Robert Edmund Graves| pages= page 237| publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007 |id= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4GYCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=DICTIONARY+AACHEN+AALST&as_brr=1| authorlink=
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