Carlo Maratta
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"Carl Maratta und Franz Solimena können in dieser Art für die Größten gehalten werden. Die neue venezianische Schule, welche noch weiter zu gehen gesucht, hat diese Manier übertrieben, und indem sie nichts als große Partien gesucht, sind ihre Gewänder dadurch steif und blechern worden."--Thoughts on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and Sculpture (1755) by Winckelmann |
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Carlo Maratta or Maratti (13 May 162 - 15 December 1713) was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. Although he is part of the classical tradition stemming from Raphael, he was not exempt from the influence of Baroque painting and particularly in his use of colour. His contemporary and friend, Giovanni Bellori, wrote an early biography on Maratta.
