Madonna and Child CARLO MARATTA 1625-1713

Carlo Marratta, born in Camerano, arrived in Rome at the age of twelve, and with the exception of two visits to his hometown, from 1648 to 1650 and again in 1679, he remained in Rome until his death. Maratta was trained in the workshop of Andrea Sacchi, who directed him toward a Classical painting style. In his first Roman piece was the Nativity, 1650; his study of the work of Raphael, Annibale Carracci, and Guido Reni, well as a certain attention paid to the work of Lanfranco and Pietro da Cortona led Maratta to elaborate his later style, a finely balanced classicism derived from Baroque painting. Maratta produced a vast number of altarpieces-----among the Roman churches alone, those of Santa Maria in Vallicella, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, the Gesu, Santa Maria del Popolo, Santa Maria in Montesanto, and San Carlo al Corso. Maratta produced many easel paintings, among them numerous portraits, inlcuding popes. He is best known for his Madonnas. To read about one of his images that became a miraculous one, CLICK HERE.

The above image is from a Christmas card we received a quarter a century ago.
 





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