Corrado Giaquinto
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(Molfetta 1703–1765 Naples)
Joseph’s Dream,
oil on canvas, 98.5 x 74.5 cm, framed
Provenance:
Collection of Baroness de Maldá, Barcelona;
Private European collection;
where acquired by the present owner
Literature:
A. Griseri, Due ‘ritratti’ romani: un Giaquinto e un Guglielmi, in: Paragone, VII, 83, 1956, p. 64, fig. 39a (detail);
A. E. Pérez Sánchez, Algunas obras de Giaquinto en colecciones españolas, in: Atti Convegno di Studi su Corrado Giaquinto, 3-5 January 1969, Molfetta 1971, p. 98, fig. 43
Corrado Giaquinto was born in Molfetta in the region of Puglia, in Southern Italy. In 1721 he moved to Naples where he entered the bottega of Nicola Maria Rossi, a pupil of Francesco Solimena. Here he was able to gain inspiration from the works of Solimena himself and the fresco decorations of Luca Giordano for the Certosa di San Martino. His early training in Naples was essential to the development of his mature style. In 1727 he moved to Rome and entered the bottega of Sebastiano Conca and was soon recognized for his talents. Giaquinto also spent some time in Turin, working at the Sabaudian court under Filippo Juvarra. In 1739 Giaquinto went back to Rome and the following year he was admitted at the prestigious Accademia di San Luca.
In 1753 Giaquinto was invited to Madrid by Ferdinand VI to take up the role of court painter taking the place of Jacopo Amigoni. On his way to Madrid he stopped by Saragozza to visit his old pupil Antonio González Velázquez. In Madrid he was soon nominated ‘primer pintor de Cámara’ and at the end of the same year, Director of the Academia de San Fernando with the task of supervising all the ongoing works for the new Royal Palace in Madrid. He was initially engaged in restoring works by Luca Giordano in the Buen Retiro Palace and from 1754 he began to work at the Palace of Aranjuez where he completed three mythological scenes and four depicting the Stories of Joseph for the dining room.
It is during his Spanish sojourn (1753–62) that Giaquinto depicted the present scene, representing Joseph’s Dream. Another two versions of the same composition are known, one in the Pinacoteca Comunale di Montefortino, Italy and another in the Palazzo Vescovile in Taranto, originally in the Church of San Domenico. In the foreground, Joseph is approached by an angel who with his raised right arm and holding the saint with his left, encourages him to flee with Mary and the Child, who are represented in the background, to the left. Giaquinto is known to have repeated motifs or figures in his compositions: it is the case of the present Joseph whose identical posture is also employed in another composition representing the The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (The Institute of Arts, Detroit). The clouds, the angels and the soft dim light that pervades the composition enhance the atmosphere of the dream. It was in Spain, in fact, that he demonstrated his skills as one of the most brilliant colourists of the Settecento. Perhaps it was due to his ill-health and maybe also encouraged by the arrival in Madrid of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and Anton Raphael Mengs that Giaquinto left the Spanish court and went back to Naples in 1762 where he lived for the rest of his life.
22.10.2019 - 17:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 56,550.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 20,000.- to EUR 30,000.-
Corrado Giaquinto
(Molfetta 1703–1765 Naples)
Joseph’s Dream,
oil on canvas, 98.5 x 74.5 cm, framed
Provenance:
Collection of Baroness de Maldá, Barcelona;
Private European collection;
where acquired by the present owner
Literature:
A. Griseri, Due ‘ritratti’ romani: un Giaquinto e un Guglielmi, in: Paragone, VII, 83, 1956, p. 64, fig. 39a (detail);
A. E. Pérez Sánchez, Algunas obras de Giaquinto en colecciones españolas, in: Atti Convegno di Studi su Corrado Giaquinto, 3-5 January 1969, Molfetta 1971, p. 98, fig. 43
Corrado Giaquinto was born in Molfetta in the region of Puglia, in Southern Italy. In 1721 he moved to Naples where he entered the bottega of Nicola Maria Rossi, a pupil of Francesco Solimena. Here he was able to gain inspiration from the works of Solimena himself and the fresco decorations of Luca Giordano for the Certosa di San Martino. His early training in Naples was essential to the development of his mature style. In 1727 he moved to Rome and entered the bottega of Sebastiano Conca and was soon recognized for his talents. Giaquinto also spent some time in Turin, working at the Sabaudian court under Filippo Juvarra. In 1739 Giaquinto went back to Rome and the following year he was admitted at the prestigious Accademia di San Luca.
In 1753 Giaquinto was invited to Madrid by Ferdinand VI to take up the role of court painter taking the place of Jacopo Amigoni. On his way to Madrid he stopped by Saragozza to visit his old pupil Antonio González Velázquez. In Madrid he was soon nominated ‘primer pintor de Cámara’ and at the end of the same year, Director of the Academia de San Fernando with the task of supervising all the ongoing works for the new Royal Palace in Madrid. He was initially engaged in restoring works by Luca Giordano in the Buen Retiro Palace and from 1754 he began to work at the Palace of Aranjuez where he completed three mythological scenes and four depicting the Stories of Joseph for the dining room.
It is during his Spanish sojourn (1753–62) that Giaquinto depicted the present scene, representing Joseph’s Dream. Another two versions of the same composition are known, one in the Pinacoteca Comunale di Montefortino, Italy and another in the Palazzo Vescovile in Taranto, originally in the Church of San Domenico. In the foreground, Joseph is approached by an angel who with his raised right arm and holding the saint with his left, encourages him to flee with Mary and the Child, who are represented in the background, to the left. Giaquinto is known to have repeated motifs or figures in his compositions: it is the case of the present Joseph whose identical posture is also employed in another composition representing the The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (The Institute of Arts, Detroit). The clouds, the angels and the soft dim light that pervades the composition enhance the atmosphere of the dream. It was in Spain, in fact, that he demonstrated his skills as one of the most brilliant colourists of the Settecento. Perhaps it was due to his ill-health and maybe also encouraged by the arrival in Madrid of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and Anton Raphael Mengs that Giaquinto left the Spanish court and went back to Naples in 1762 where he lived for the rest of his life.
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Auction: | Old Master Paintings I |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 22.10.2019 - 17:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 12.10. - 22.10.2019 |
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