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Urban VIII and the Barberini

07/2023 | 1444 | 165

Pages: 772–777

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Author:

Connors, Joseph (Connors, Joseph)

Subjects

artists:

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Poussin, Nicolas / Sacchi, Andrea / Mochi, Francesco / Ottoni, Lorenzo / Bernini, Gian Lorenzo / Gagliardi, Filippo / Lauri, Filippo / Carracci, Lodovico / Mastelletta

buildings:

Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy

dates:

2020-2030

museums and institutions:

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome, Italy

patrons:

Barberini family / Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644 / Barberini, Francesco, Cardinal, 1597-1679 / Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671 / Barberini, Taddeo

places:

Rome

subjects:

Italian art / Patronage / Architecture / Popes / Cardinals / Social history / Art history

Reviewed Items

subjects:

L’immagine sovrana: Urbano VIII e i Barberini, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 18th May–30th July 2023. | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Maffeo Barberini, by Caravaggio. c.1595. Oil on canvas, 124 by 90 cm. (Private collection; exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).

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2. Urban VIII visits the Gesù, Rome, to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Jesuit order, by Andrea Sacchi with Filippo Gagliardi and Jan Miel. 1642. Oil on canvas, 321 by 248 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; courtesy the Ministero Beni e Attività Culturali e del Turismo; Scala Archives).

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3. Carlo Barberini, by Francesco Mochi. c.1630. Bronze, height 58 cm. (Private collection; exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).

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4. St Sebastian thrown into the Cloaca Maxima, by Ludovico Carracci. 1612. Oil on canvas, 163.5 by 232.4 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).

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5. Installation view of L’immagine sovrana: Urbano VIII e I Barberini at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 2023, showing the tapestries hung in the Salone. (Photograph Alberto Novelli).

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6. Installation view of L’immagine sovrana: Urbano VIII e I Barberini at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, showing Urban VIII, by Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1632–33. Marble, height 103 cm. with pedestal. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).

Attributed works:

7. Marc’Antonio Pasqualini crowned by Apollo, by Andrea Sacchi. 1642. Oil on canvas, 243.8 by 194.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).

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Carlo Maratti’s additions to the ‘Barberini Venus’

03/2022 | 1428 | 164

Pages: 260-265

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Author:

Fidanza, Giovan Battista (Fidanza, Giovan Battista)

Subjects

artists:

Maratti, Carlo / Mazzoni, Giulio / Calandrucci, Giacinto

buildings:

Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy

dates:

1650-1699 / 1990-2009

patrons:

Barberini family / Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671

subjects:

Italian art / Murals / Restoration (process) / Tempera / Venus / Putti

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. The Barberini Venus, attributed to Giulio Mazzoni, shortly after 1550 (?) with additions by Carlo Maratti, 1693. Mural in oil with tempera, 163 by 190 cm. Photographed before the restoration of 1999–2000. (Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; photograph Mauro Coen; courtesy Ministero della Cultura, Rome).

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2. Fig.1, photographed after the restoration of 1999–2000. (Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; photograph Mauro Coen; courtesy Ministero della Cultura, Rome).

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3. Schematic reconstruction of the painting shown in Fig.1. From P. Iazurlo: ‘La Venere Barberini: un dipinto di Giulio Mazzoni da Palazzo Capodiferro’, Storia dell’arte 22–23 (2009), p.82.

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4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the face of Venus.

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5. Detail of Fig.2, showing the face of Venus.

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6. Fig.1, photographed during the restoration of 1999–2000. (Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; photograph Mauro Coen; courtesy Ministero della Cultura, Rome).

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New evidence for the ‘Barberini Apostles’ by Andrea Sacchi and Carlo Maratti

08/2019 | 1397 | 161

Pages: 653-659

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Author:

Fidanza, Giovan Battista (Fidanza, Giovan Battista)

Subjects

artists:

Sacchi, Andrea / Maratti, Carlo

buildings:

Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy

dates:

1650-1699

museums and institutions:

Archivio Barberini, Biblioteca Vaticana, Rome, Italy

patrons:

Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671 / Barberini family

sources:

Bellori, Giovanni Pietro

subjects:

Commissions / Patronage / Payments / Italian art / Dating / Christian iconography / Apostles / Frames / Gilding

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. St Peter, by Andrea Sacchi. 1631/44. Canvas, 223 by 151 cm. (Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; courtesy Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Rome).

Attributed works:

2. St Matthew, by Carlo Maratti. 1660/61. Canvas, 223 by 151 cm. (Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; courtesy Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Rome).

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3. St Matthias, by Carlo Maratti. 1696. Canvas, 221 by 152 cm. (Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; courtesy Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Rome).

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The provenance of Raphael’s ‘Madonna of the pinks’ – I

10/2018 | 1387 | 160

Pages: 833-835

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Author:

Cavazzini, Patrizia (Cavazzini, Patrizia)

Subjects

art literature:

Penny, Nicholas, London, Great Britain / Vasari, Giorgio

artists:

Raphael / Farrugia, Giovanni / Couvay, Jean / Boulanger, Jean, printmaker; 1608 - c. 1680 / Ricci, Archita / Sacchi, Andrea / Maratti, Carlo

collectors and dealers:

Camuccini, Vincenzo / Camuccini, Giovanni-Battista / Percy, Algernon, Tenth Earl of Northumberland, 1602-1668 / Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671

dates:

1600-1699 / 1700-1799

media:

Paintings / Engravings / Documents

museums and institutions:

National Gallery, London, Great Britain / Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy / Alnwick Castle, nr. Alnwick, Great Britain

patrons:

Oddi, Alessandra degli / Oddi, Maddalena degli

places:

Great Britain / London / Italy / Rome / France / Paris

subjects:

Italian painting / Provenance / Patronage / Attributions / Collections / Collecting / Inventories / Archives / Catalogues / Barberini family / Oddi family / Colonna family

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Madonna of the pinks, by Jean Boulanger, after Raphael. c.1665–80? Engraving, 44.8 by 31.5 cm. (Wellcome Collection, London).

Attributed works:

2. Madonna of the pinks (‘Madonna dei garofani’), by Raphael. c.1506–07. Panel, 27.9 by 22.4 cm. (National Gallery, London).

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Guercino Seen from the Archivio Barberini

01/1971 | 814 | 113

Pages: 22-27+29

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Author:

Vivian, Frances (Vivian, Frances)

Subjects

art literature:

Mahon, Denis

art literature:

Voss, Hermann

artists:

Barbieri, Giovanni Francesco, called Il Guercino

dates:

1600-1649

museums and institutions:

Archivio Barberini, Biblioteca Vaticana, Rome, Italy

patrons:

Barberini family

patrons:

Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671

places:

Italy / Rome

subjects:

Attributions

subjects:

Italian painting / Documents

subjects:

Patronage / Archives

Illustrations

Attributed works:

29. Jacob Mourning over Joseph's Coat, by Guercino. (Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina.) [oil painting]

Attributed works:

30. Imitations of Ancient and Modern Drawings. 1798. Etching by Conrad Martin Metz after Guercino.

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31. Raccolta di alcuni Disegni del Barbieri da Cento detto il Guercino, Rome, 1764. Etching by Giacomo Nevay after Guercino.

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32. Sophonisba, by Guercino. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Inv. No.2420.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. The Queen.

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Poussin and Claude Seen from the Archivio Barberini

12/1969 | 801 | 111

Pages: 719-726

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Author:

Vivian, Frances (Vivian, Frances)

Subjects

artists:

Poussin, Nicolas

artists:

Lorrain, Claude

dates:

1600-1649

dates:

1600-1699

museums and institutions:

Archivio Barberini, Biblioteca Vaticana, Rome, Italy

patrons:

Barberini family

patrons:

Barberini, Francesco, Cardinal, 1597-1679

patrons:

Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671

places:

Italy / Rome

subjects:

French painting / Patronage / Documents

Article

Some Drawings by Carlo Maratti

02/1959 | 671 | 101

Pages: 62-73

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Author:

Dowley, Francis H. (Dowley, Francis H.)

Subjects

artists:

Maratti, Carlo

artists:

Sacchi, Andrea

dates:

1600-1699

patrons:

Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671

patrons:

Chigi family

patrons:

Chigi, Agostino, Roman prince and patron of the arts, 1634-1705

patrons:

Cybo, Alderano, Cardinal, 1613-1700

places:

Italy / Rome / Siena

sources:

Bellori, Giovanni Pietro

subjects:

Italian painting / Drawings / Attributions

subjects:

Formal analysis / Composition (artistic arrangement)

subjects:

Patronage / Dating

subjects:

Cardinals

Illustrations

Attributed works:

21. Study for St Peter, Here Attributed to Andrea Sacchi. Red Chalk, 29 by 22.5 cm. (Ambrosiana Library, Milan.)

Attributed works:

22. St Peter, by Andrea Sacchi. Before 1644. Canvas. (Pinacoteca, Forlì.)

Attributed works:

23. Immaculate Conception, by Carlo Maratti. Begun 1665. Canvas. (S. Agostino, Siena.)

Attributed works:

24. Study for the Immaculate Conception, by Carlo Maratti. Pen and Bistre Wash (Squared), 39.8 by 24.9 cm. (Cabinet des Dessins, Louvre.)

Attributed works:

25. Immaculate Conception, by Carlo Maratti. c. 1663. Canvas. (Cappella della Concezione, S. Isidoro Agricola, Rome.)

Attributed works:

26. Copy of Part of Maratti's Immaculate Conception Reproduced in Fig.23, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1761. Black Chalk. (British Museum.)

Attributed works:

27. Madonna and Child, Saints and Angels, by Carlo Maratti. c. 1672. Canvas. (Pinacoteca, Ancona.)

Attributed works:

28. St Bonaventura, by Giovanni Lanfranco. c. 1629. Cartoon for Pendentive in Cupola of Cappella della Colonna, S. Pietro in Vaticano, Rome. (Palazzo Barberini, Rome.)

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29. Primavera or Flora, by Carlo Maratti. Canvas. (Formerly Earl of Jersey Collection, Osterley Park.)

Attributed works:

30. Allegory of Religion, by Carlo Maratti. Red Chalk, 30.9 by 37.5 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.)

Attributed works:

31. Study for Primavera or Flora Reproduced in Fig.29, by Carlo Maratti. Red Chalk on White Paper, Diameter, 17.5 cm. (Ambrosiana Library, Milan.)

Attributed works:

32. Death of the Virgin. Engraving after Maratti's Painting (c. 1686) in the Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome.

Attributed works:

33. Study for S. Ambrogio in Altar-Piece Reproduced in Fig.27, by Carlo Maratti. Red Chalk on Grey-Blue Paper, 29.7 by 19.6 cm. (Uffizi, Florence.)

Attributed works:

34. Study for a youth in the Composition of the Death of the Virgin Reproduced in Fig.32, by Carlo Maratti. Red Chalk on Grey-Blue Paper, Heightened with White, 33.1 by 22.8 cm. (Cabinet des Dessins, Louvre.)

Attributed works:

35. Allegory of Evangelical Truth, by Carlo Maratti. Pen, Red Chalk, Wash, Heightened with White, 40 by 37.1 cm. (Cabinet des Dessins, Louvre.)

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