BACICCIO (b. 1639, Genova, d. 1709, Roma) The Pietà (Mary Lamenting the Dead Christ) 1667 Oil on canvas, 183 x 116 cm Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome The canvas is identifiable as the "Dead Christ in the arms of the weeping Virgin with two little angels", for which the painter received payment on May 25, 1667. The painting was carried out for Cardinal Flavio Chigi, along with another canvas of the Assumption of the Virgin. It is a fundamental work for the career of Gaulli, and looks back to the famous Pietà of Annibale Carracci. Gaulli, however, translates the carracciesque lan
BACICCIO (b. 1639, Genova, d. 1709, Roma) The Pietà (Mary Lamenting the Dead Christ) 1667 Oil on canvas, 183 x 116 cm Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome The canvas is identifiable as the "Dead Christ in the arms of the weeping Virgin with two little angels", for which the painter received payment on May 25, 1667. The painting was carried out for Cardinal Flavio Chigi, along with another canvas of the Assumption of the Virgin. It is a fundamental work for the career of Gaulli, and looks back to the famous Pietà of Annibale Carracci. Gaulli, however, translates the carracciesque language to achieve one of the highest examples of "baroque classicism". His synthesis also shows the influence of Van Dyck's art. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: BACICCIO Title: The Pietà (Mary Lamenting the Dead Christ) Time-line: 1651-1700 School: Italian Form: painting Type: religious
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