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Hyperrealism. 1967-2012

22 March to 9 June 2013

Advance purchase is recommended

Autor:
Tom Blackwell
Título:
Triumph Trumpet (detail)
Fecha:
1977
Técnica:
Oil on canvas
Medidas:
180 x 180 cm.

Ubicacion:
Private Collection, New York.
image © Tom Blackwell photo © Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York

<exchanging gazes> 5: Interior Scenes. Women and Daily Life.

New Display of the Collections

From 26 February to 10 June 2013

Autor:
Nicolas Maes
Título:
The Naughty Drummer
Fecha:
c. 1655
Técnica:
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Nr. INV. 241 (1930.56)

Biography and Works

Author:
Domenico Fetti
Born/Dead:
Rome, 1589-Venice, 1623
Date:
Works

Biography

Domenico Fetti trained in his native city of Rome, initially with his father, the painter Pietro Fetti, then in the studio of Andrea Commodi and finally with Lodovico Cigoli. Among his first works is a Portrait of Filippo Neri of 1610. His early works reveals an interest in the use of small formats, in northern European genre painting and in the work of Carlo Saraceni. By 1611 Fetti was receiving commissions from Ferdinando Gonzaga, at that date Cardinal of Rome, for whom he continued to work when the latter became Duke of Mantua two years later. In 1614 Fetti moved with his family to that city, where he soon developed his mature style. As superintendent of the ducal collection he became closely familiar with the works of the great painters, particularly Rubens and the 16th-century Venetian school

Fetti. was a versatile painter who experimented with different genres over the course of his career. He painted portraits, such as that of Francesco Andreini (Hermitage, St. Petersburg), allegorical works including Melancholy (Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice), mythological scenes such as Hero and Leander (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna), and religious compositions, including Episodes from the Life of Christ (Galleria Corsini, Florence). Fetti’s most important works were, however, the paintings that comprise his cycle on the Parables. These small-format works were executed between 1618 and 1621 for the Duke of Mantua and were extremely well received, widely copied and imitated

In. 1622 Fetti was involved in a violent fight and had to flee Mantua. He settled in Venice where he remained until his death the following spring. In Venice, Fetti enjoyed the protection of Giorgio Contarini degli Scrigni and Carlo Saraceni and his painting acquired a new lyricism, evident in late works such as The Flight into Egypt (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)

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