Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari - Susannah and the Elders - Walters 371880

Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (10 March 1654 – 8 September 1727), also known simply as ''Giuseppe Chiari'', was an Italian painter of the late-

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 ...

period, active mostly in Rome.

Biography

Born in Rome, he was one of the main assistants, along with

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and

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, in the studio of an elder

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. His father had opposed the career, but his mother, on the recommendation of a painter named Carlo Antonio Gagliani. By the age of 22, he had frescoed the lateral lunettes (''Birth of Virgin'' and ''Adoration of Magi'') of the Marchionni chapel in the church of Santa Maria del Suffragio. He also painted the ceiling of a chapel in

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. He frescoed rooms in the

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to allegorical sketches of

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of ''Aurora leading Apollo and chariot with time and seasons'' with extensive interweaving of heraldic symbols, including bees (symbol of

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);

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alighting on globe with blue and white stripes (symbol of the family of Vittorio

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; crossed keys under baldachin (symbol of Pope

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); a golden fleece (symbol of award given to

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; a column (symbol of the

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family); sun and laurels (symbols of Urban VIII), and post (symbols of the Pignatelli family). He also frescoed the Palaces

and Spada with scenes based on Ovid's ''Metamorphoses''. He additionally frescoed the ''Villa di Marchese Torri'' outside of ''Porta San Pancrazio'' in collaboration with landscape artist Jan van Bloemen; as well as the church of

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with ''Madonna and child with Saint Anthony performing miracles'' and ''Pope Stephen I destroying temple of Mars with lightning'' (1696) for Santa Maria del Suffragio (where he completed Niccolò Berrettoni's fresco). He also painted for Santa Maria in Posterola, Santa Maria di Loreto,

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, and an ''Assumption'' for Santa Maria del Montesanto. For

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, he painted a ''St Clement in Glory'' for pope

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. He also prepared the cartoons for the mosaics in the lateral nave of the Basilica of Saint Peter’s and

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with the oval of ''Prophet Obdiah listening to trumpet of Judgement Day''. He also painted a ''Vision of St John'' in the chapel of the ''Presentazione'' for the Duomo di Urbino. He was a teacher of

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, and

Giovanni Andrea Lazzarini Giovanni Andrea Lazzarini (19 November 1710 – 7 September 1801) was an Italian painter, poet, and art historian of the late- Baroque or Rococo. He was born at Pesaro. He was instructed in painting by Francesco Mancini, and studied at Rom ...

. His studio is described as highly frequented by French artists. He became director or ''principe'' of the

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(1723–25).Missirini, page 204.

Partial anthology of works in Rome

Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari - The Adoration of the Shepherds - KMSsp28 - Statens Museum for Kunst

*''Adoration by Magi'' & ''Birth of Mary'', 3rd chapel on right of Santa Maria del Suffragio. *''Apotheosis of Marcantonio II Colonna'', ceiling fresco of ''Sala delle Colonne Belliche'' of

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. *''Solar Carriage'', Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica. *Decoration of ceiling in piano nobile of

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. *Decoration of lunettes in 2nd chapel on right in

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. *''Judith and head of Holoferne'' and ''Allegories of Clement XI papacy, Museo di Roma in

Palazzo Braschi Palazzo Braschi () is a large Neoclassical palace in Rome, Italy and is located between the Piazza Navona, the Campo de' Fiori, the Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and the Piazza di Pasquino. It presently houses the Museo di Roma, the "Museum of Ro ...

. *''Glory of the Virgin'', ceiling frescoes of 3rd chapel on left in Santa Maria del Montesanto. *''Glory of Angels'', Chapel of Founders,

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. *''Glory of San Clemente'', ceiling frescoes of upper basilica of

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. *''Bacchus & Ariadne'',

Palazzo Spada The Palazzo Spada is a palace located on Piazza di Capo Ferro #13 in the rione Regola of Rome, Italy. Standing very close to the Palazzo Farnese, it has a garden facing towards the Tiber river. The palace accommodates a large art collection, th ...

. *''Madonna, child, & Saints Anthony of Padua & Stefano I''.

. *''Miracles of St. Francesco di Paola'', wall and ceiling frescoes on 2nd chapel to right of San Francesco di Paola *''Profeta Abdia'', painted in oval over aedicule of nave in Basilica di San Giovanni *''San Francesco surrounded by Angels'',

Santi Apostoli, Rome Santi Dodici Apostoli (Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles; la, SS. Duodecim Apostolorum), commonly known simply as Santi Apostoli, is a 6th-century Roman Catholic parish and titular church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy, dedicated originall ...

. *''Holy Family and young John the Baptist'', Santa Maria alle Grazie delle Fornaci. *''Saints Peter of Alcantara and Pasquale Baylon'',

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. *'' Tullia driving her Chariot over her Father''

References

Sources

*''Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari'', by Bernhard Kerber; Renate Franciscono(1968) The Art Bulletin p75-86.
Getty Museum site
*Romecity entry

External links

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The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
by'' Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, Museum & Gallery collection in Greenville, SC {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiari, Giuseppe Bartolomeo 1654 births 1727 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Pupils of Carlo Maratta 18th-century Italian male artists