Original scientific paper
Painter Carlo Maratta — His Dalmatian Origin as Reflected in Dubrovnik
Radoslav Tomić
; Institut za povijest umjetnosti Zagreb
Abstract
The author has presented new evidence about the well-known painter Carlo Maratta (1625—Rome, 1713). He has concluded, based on the information in Giovanni Pietro Bellori's book Vita dei pittori, scultori e archietetti moderni, and the archival materials in Camerano, that Maratta's ancestors, flying the Turks, moved to the Marche from Dalmatia. Thus he can be placed within the group of Dalmatian/Croatian artists, the Schiavoni, who, having left their motherland, worked in the more propitious West.
One can link with Maratta a group of paintings in the Jesuits church and monastery of St. Ignazio in Dubrovnik. The works indicate ties of Dubrovnik art patrons with Rome, and the popularity of Maratta's art. The author has especially singled out the portrait of the wellknown physician, Đuro Baglivi (Dubrovnik, 1668 — Rome, 1707), by his friend, Carlo Maratta.
Keywords
Carlo Maratta; Dubrovnik; Roma; painting
Hrčak ID:
167795
URI
Publication date:
15.12.2006.
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