Giulio Carpioni (1613 – 29 January 1678) was an Italian painter and etcher of the early

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era.

Life

Born probably in

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, Carpioni studied under

Alessandro Varotari Alessandro Leone Varotari (4 April 1588 – 20 July 1649), also commonly known as Il Padovanino, was an Italian painter of the late-Mannerist and early- Baroque Venetian school, best known for having mentored Pietro Liberi, Giulio Carpioni, and ...

(''il Padovanino'') and was also influenced by the work of

Simone Cantarini Simone Cantarini or Simone da Pesaro, called ''il Pesarese'' (Baptized on 21 August 1612 – 15 October 1648) was an Italian painter and etcher. He is mainly known for his history paintings and portraits executed in an original style, whi ...

Carlo Saraceni Carlo Saraceni (1579 – 16 June 1620) was an Italian early-Baroque painter, whose reputation as a "first-class painter of the second rank" was improved with the publication of a modern monograph in 1968. Life Though he was born and died in ...

and Jean Leclerc. He came into contact with Lombard art after a brief visit to

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in 1631. In 1638 he settled in

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and executed most of his work there.

Work

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

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, Dresden,

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, Modena, and

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. 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 at

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. Carlo Carpioni, his son, was also a painter. Giulio Carpioni and Francesco Caldei - Smell

Among his important works are the ''Apotheosis of the Dolfin family'' (1647) and the ''Allegory of the

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Family'' (1651), and altarpiece of ''Sant'Antonio da Padova'', a ''Virgin and two saints'', and a ''Triumph of Silenus'' in the

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of Venice. He painted a series of canvases for the Oratory of San Nicola da Tolentino in Vicenza. It is believed that he collaborated with other painters such as Francesco Caldei who added still life elements or animals in his compositions. An example is the pair of allegories of ''Touch'' and ''Smell'' (private collection) in which Caldei painted the flowers in an urn and Carpioni painted the rest.Gianluca Bocchi, ''Francesco Caldei detto Francesco Mantovano, un pittore lombardo fra Roma e Venezia Parma per l'Arte''
Nuova Serie, Anno XXI, 2015 Gianluca Bocchi

Selected works

*''Crucifixion'' (1648, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

*''Apollo and Marsyas'' (Private Collection

*''Neptune Pursuing Coronis'' (

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) *''Liriope bringing Narcissus before Tiresias'' (Private Collection

*''Banquet of the Gods'' (attributed, Querini-Stampalia Gallery, Venic

References

External links

Sources

* *Calabi, A. "The Etchings of Giulio Carpioni."

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