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https://doi.org/10.53745/ccp.48.93.2
The Painting of the Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (circa 1675) by Francesco Paglia from Brescia in the Collection of Bishop Kokša in Zagreb
Sanja Cvetnić
orcid.org/0000-0002-0529-5229
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The Painting of the Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria in the Collection of the Panajotov family in Zagreb was published by Grgo Gamulin (1964), attributed to Francesco Paglia (Brescia, 1635 - 1714). It is signed: »F. PALEA F« and – based on stylistic features close to another painting by Paglia, the Assumption of Mary (1672-1675) in the side altar of the church of San Giovanni Evangelista in Brescia – it was painted around 1675. Although this represents a mature period in the artist's career, the influence of his Bolognese teacher, Guercino, is still discernible in the Zagreb painting. Paglia greatly admired Guercino and dedicated numerous verses to him in his poetic work Il Giardino della Pittura, an allegorical stroll with dialogues imagined as an erudite guide through the churches of Brescia, where the allegory of Painting (la Pittura) and the allegory of Poetry (la Poesia) converse – partly in verse, partly in prose – about the artworks within them. Even in his mature age, Paglia's painting reveals a fusion of »Bolognese classicism« and »Venetian colorism«, a combination favored by patrons in Brescia but also accepted in Venice, as noted by Marco Boschini who recorded Paglia's works and presence in that artistic center. After 1964, the painting of the Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria became part of Ivan Lacković's collection, and since 1983, it has been exhibited as part of the collection of old masters belonging to Bishop Đuro Kokša, later intended for the Metropolitan Gallery (unrealized). Thanks to subsequent generations of researchers from Brescia, it is possible to trace the original location of the painting: it was located in the side altar of the church of Santa Maria di Pace in the Benedictine convent, where it was confiscated after the French occupation of Brescia (1797) and the suppression of religious communities. It was listed among the confiscated works in 1808, among the artworks destined for transportation to the Central Administration for State Property in Milan. Its fate from 1808 until Gamulin's publication of the painting in the Panajotov collection in Zagreb in 1964 is unknown.
Ključne riječi
Francesco Paglia, the Collection of Bishop Đuro Kokša; late baroque painting; Brescia; Church of Santa Maria di Pace
Hrčak ID:
320532
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Datum izdavanja:
6.9.2024.
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