Corrado Giaquinto (8 February 1703 – 18 April 1766) was an Italian

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painter.

Early training and move to Rome

He was born in

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. As a boy he apprenticed with a modest local painter Saverio Porta, (c1667–1725), escaping the religious career his parents had intended for him. By October 1724, he left Molfetta, and along with his contemporaries

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(1696–1784) and

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(1707–1789), he trained from 1719 to 1723 in the prolific

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studio of Francesco Solimena, either with Solimena or his pupil, Nicola Maria Rossi. Corrado Giaquinto - The Holy Spirit - WGA08961

Giaquinto followed a peripatetic career, with long sojourns in Naples, Rome (between 1723 and 1753),

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(1733 and 1735–39), and

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(1753–1761). In 1723, he moved to Rome to work in the studio of

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. He painted in

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, San Giovanni Calibita, and the ceiling at

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. In March 1727, with Giuseppe Rossi as an assistant, Giaquinto opened an independent studio near the

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, in the parish of Saint Giovanni of the Malva in Rome. In 1734, he married Caterina Silvestri Agate. The first documented work by his hand is ''Christ crucified with the Madonna, Saint John Evangelist, and Magdalene'' commissioned in 1730 by king

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for the cathedral of the

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. In 1731, he received a prestigious commission, to execute frescoes in the church of

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: ''Saint Nicholas water gush from cliff'', three theologic and cardinal Virtues, and in the cupola ''Paradise''. The latest restoration confirms Giaquinto's stylistic independence from Solimena, and reveals his stylistic dependence on

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Mature work

The Triumph of Galatea, by Corrado Giaquinto

In 1733, the architect and artistic director for the House of Savoy,

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, invited Giaquinto to come to Turin, where he painted an altarpiece of ''Saint

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''. He then decorated the ceiling of a

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with a ''Triumph of the House of Savoy'', ''Death of Adonis'' and ''Apollo & Daphne'', and ''Story of Aenid''. Giaquinto returned briefly to Rome in 1735, where his wife died soon after childbirth. He then returned for the next three years, to complete frescoes for the chapel of St Joseph in the church of Santa Teresa in Turin; they depict events in the life and death of Saint Joseph, including his ''Assumption'' and ''Rest in Egypt''. In 1738 Giaquinto returned to Rome, and during the next year he executed in fresco an ''Assumption of the Virgin'' for the church of

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, a commission for a relative of Pope

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Ottoboni. In 1740, Giaquinto became a member of the

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and donated his sketch of ''Immaculate Conception with Elias the prophet'' for the Turinese church of the Carmine, a canvas commissioned by marquis Giuseppe Turinetti di Priero, which finally reached Turin in 1741. A report of 1742 states that Pope

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"was taken to the church of San Giovanni Calabita ... where he observed with much pleasure the restoration of that Church embellished with altarpieces from the Painter Signor Corrado Napolitano". In Madrid, he was patronized by

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, and was ultimately appointed director of the

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. His influence there was felt by painters such as Antonio González Velázquez, José del Castillo,

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, and

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. His paintings include ''A Kneeling Male Nude''. He returned to Naples in 1762 to decorate the sacristy in San Luigi di Palazzo, the royal monastery. He died in

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in 1766. Among his pupils in Molfetta was Niccoló Porta.

Gallery

File:Carlo Broschi.jpg, ''Portrait of Farinelli'', ca. 1753, National Art Gallery of Bologna File:The Penitent Magdalen MET DP137850.jpg, ''The Penitent Magdalen'', ca.1750,

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, New York File:Medea Rejuvenating Aeson, Corrado Giaquinto, MET DP268767.jpg, ''Medea Rejuvenating Aeson'', 1760,

, New York File:Autumn E-002733-20111011.jpg, ''Autumn'', 1740–1750, National Gallery of Art,

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File:Corrado Giaquinto - Rest on the Flight into Egypt - WGA8960.jpg, ''Rest on the Flight into Egypt'', 1740–1742,

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File:Adorazione dei Magi - Corrado Giaquinto.JPG, ''Adoration of the Magi'', 1750, Museo civico Bevagna File:Corrado Giaquinto - Adoration of the Magi - WGA8958.jpg, ''Adoration of the Magi'', 1725, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston File:Corrado Giaquinto - Anbetung der Könige - GG 9677 - Kunsthistorisches Museum.jpg, ''Adoration of the Magi'', 1740–45, Kunsthistorisches Museum,

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File:Corrado Giaquinto, Cristo alla colonna, Fine Arts Museums di San Francisco.jpg, ''Christ at the column'',

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File:Corrado Giaquinto - Medea, 1750s.jpg, ''Medea'', ca. 1750–1752,

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File:Satan before the Lord.jpg, ''Satan before the Lord'', 1750,

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File:Corrado giaquinto, san michele eil demonio.JPG, ''St. Michael and the devil'', 1735,

File:Corrado Giaquinto - Allegories of Justice and Peace, 1754.jpg, ''Allegories of Justice and Peace'', 1754, Museo del Prado,

File:Corrado Giaquinto - El Descendimiento.jpg, ''The Deposition'', 1760, Museo del Prado,

File:Corrado Giaquinto - Venus Presenting Arms to Aeneas - WGA08968.jpg, ''Venus Presenting Arms to Aeneas'', 1750,

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File:Corrado Giaquinto - St. Helena and the Emperor Constantine Presented to... - 31-1963 - Saint Louis Art Museum.jpg, ''The Virgin presents Saint Helena and Constantine to the Trinity'', 1741–42,

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File:Corrado giaquinto, riposo durante la fuga in egitto, 1764-65.jpg, ''Rest on the flight to Egypt'', 1764–65,

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File:Corrado Giaquinto - Apoteose de São Nicolau.jpg, ''Apotheosis of St. Nicholas'', 1733,

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File:Corrado giaquinto, allegoria della fortezza e della vigilanza, 01.JPG, ''Allegory of fortress and vigilance'',

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File:Allegoria della pittura, Giaquinto, museo di Belle Arti, Budapest.jpg, ''Allegory of Painting'',

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File:Angelo annunciante, Giaquinto, Museo di Belle Arti, Budapest.jpg, ''The Angel Annunciant'',

File:Battle of Clavijo by Giaquinto.jpg, ''Battle of Clavijo'', 1760 File:CGiaquinto-MariusAudifax.jpg, ''Martyrdom of Saints Marius, Martha, Audifax and Abacus'', 1750,

Musée Fesch The musée Fesch (officially, Palais Fesch-musée des beaux-arts) is the central museum of fine arts in Ajaccio on Corsica. Located within the gated Palais Fesch, it is in the town's Borgu d'Ajaccio quarter. It was established by Napoleon I's uncl ...

, Ajaccio File:Corrado giaquinto, san nicola di bari.jpg, ''St. Nicholas of Bari'', Musée Fesch File:Corrado Giaquinto - The Birth of the Sun and the Triumph of Bacchus - WGA08964.jpg, ''The Birth of the Sun and the Triumph of Bacchus'', 1762–1763, fresco,

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File:Carlos III de España y la escalera principal del Palacio Real de Madrid.jpg, ''The Spanish monarchy that pays homage to Religion'', Giaquinto's fresco above the staircase

File:SanNicolaLorenesi-Interno01-SteO153.jpg, ''Interior of the church with frescoes by Corrado Giaquinto'', 1731,

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File:Corrado giaquinto, san nicola salva i naufraghi, 01.jpg, ''St. Nicholas saves the castaways'', 1746, Pinacoteca metropolitana di Bari File:Corrado giaquinto, ulisse e diomede nella tenda di reso.jpg, ''Ulysses and Diomedes in the Resus tent'', Pinacoteca metropolitana di Bari File:Alegoría de la Paz y la Justicia.jpg, ''Allegories of Justice and Peace'',1754, version for the

Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (RABASF; ), located on the Calle de Alcalá in the heart of Madrid, currently functions as a museum and gallery. A public law corporation, it is integrated together with other Spanish royal acade ...

References

Sources

* * *Italian Wikipedia entry

External links

Works of Corrado Giaquinto at www.Corrado-Giaquinto.orgWorks of Corrado Giaquinto at http://www.the-athenaeum.org
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