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Carlo Antonio Porporati
Carlo Antonio Porporati (Volvera, 18 November 1741 – Turin, 16 June 1816) was an Italian engraver and painter. Born in Volvera, near Turin, he came to Paris as young boy, and became a pupil of , Beauvarlet and Johann Georg Wille. He engraved religious subjects and portraits with a burin in the ''black manner''. The National Gallery of Florence has a portrait and scenes painted by him. On May 8, 1773, he was inducted into the Royal Academy of Artists in Paris, and for his reception piece he painted a ''Susannah at the Bath'', a copy after Santerre. In the same year he was admitted to membership of the Turin Academy, and in 1797 appointed conservator of the Gallery. In 1776, he engraved ''Adam and Eve before the corpse of Abel'', original by Adriaen van der Werff ( painting from the cabinet of the Savoyard King of Sardinia, later in the Museum of Turin). The engraving states he is involved of the designs for the King. The engraving is dedicated to Marie Joséphine of Savoy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ritratto Di Carlo Antonio Porporati, 1800-1816 - Accademia Delle Scienze Di Torino - Ritratti 0005 B
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer. History Prehistorical portraiture Plastered human skulls were reconstructed human skulls that were made in the ancient Levant between 9000 and 6000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period. They represent some of the oldest forms of art in the Middle East and demonstrate that the prehistoric population took great care in burying their ancestors below their homes. The skulls denote some of the earliest sculptural examples of portraiture in the history of art. Historical portraitur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
