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Antonio Molinari, also known as ''il Caraccino'', (21 January 1655 – 3 February 1704) was an Italian painter of the
Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel St Mauro Madonna col Bambino e san Mauro abate - Antonio Molinari .jpg, ''Madonna and Child with Saint Maurus''
Grove encyclopedia biography on Artnet.
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Molinari, Antonio 1655 births 1704 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Venice Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists
Antonio Molinari, also known as ''il Caraccino'', (21 January 1655 – 3 February 1704) was an Italian painter of the Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
era in Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
.
Biography
The son of a painter, Molinari was apprenticed toAntonio Zanchi
Antonio Zanchi (; 6 December 1631 – 12 April 1722) was an Italian painter of the Baroque, active mainly in Venice, but his prolific works can also be seen in Padova, Treviso, Rovigo, Verona, Vicenza, Loreto, Brescia, Milano, and Bergamo, a ...
in Venice. He was strongly influenced by the vigorous and athletic paintings of Neapolitan
Neapolitan means of or pertaining to Naples, a city in Italy; or to:
Geography and history
* Province of Naples, a province in the Campania region of southern Italy that includes the city
* Duchy of Naples, in existence during the Early and Hig ...
painters such as Luca Giordano
Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 3 January 1705) was an Italian late-Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence, and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain.
Ear ...
. He typically painted tumultuous narratives of mythology and religion in large canvases. This would influence his pupil (1697–1703), Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (also called Giambattista Piazzetta or Giambattista Valentino Piazzetta) (February 13, 1682 or 1683 – April 28, 1754) was an Italian Rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes.
Biography
Piazzetta was ...
, and his grand manner style.
Works
His works include: *''Feeding of the Five Thousand'' (1690;San Pantalon
The Chiesa di San Pantaleone Martire, known as San Pantalon in the Venetian dialect, is a church in the Dorsoduro ''sestiere'' of Venice, Italy. It is located on the Campo San Pantalon (square), and is dedicated to Saint Pantaleon.
The 17th-centu ...
, Venice)
*''Darius and His Family Before Alexander'' (1690)
*''Judith with the Head of Holofernes'' (1690)
*''Death of Uzzah'' (c. 1695; Santa Maria degli Angeli in Murano
Murano is a series of islands linked by bridges in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy. It lies about north of Venice and measures about across with a population of just over 5,000 (2004 figures). It is famous for its glass making. It was on ...
)
*''Fight of Centaurs and Lapiths'' (c. 1698, Ca' Rezzonico
Ca' Rezzonico () is a palazzo and art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro ''sestiere'' of Venice, Italy. It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and disp ...
).
*''The Boy Moses Stepping on Pharaoh's Crown'' (c. 1690s–1704), Museum Kunstpalast
*''Adoration of the Golden Calf'' (1700–1702), The Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
*''Adam and Eve'' (1701–1704), David Owsley Museum of Art
*''David and Abigail''
Gallery
Madonna dell'Orto
The Madonna dell'Orto is a church in Venice, Italy, in the ''sestiere'' of Cannaregio.
History
The church was erected by the now-defunct religious order the "Humiliati" in the mid-14th century, under the direction of Tiberio da Parma, who is bu ...
Antonio Molinari David y Abigail.jpg, ''David and Abigail''
Antonio Molinari La familia de Darío a los pies de Alejandro.jpg, ''Darius and his family before Alexander''
Molinari - catone uticense.jpg
Sources
Grove encyclopedia biography on Artnet.
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Molinari, Antonio 1655 births 1704 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Venice Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists