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Magdalene
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PAINTER ACTIVE IN ROME IN THE 18TH CENTURY
Magdalene
Monogra…
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Lot no. 12
Description
PAINTER ACTIVE IN ROME IN THE 18TH CENTURY
Magdalene
Monogrammed on skull indistinctly
Oil on canvas, 85X133 cm
Provenance:
Milan, private collection
The painting, formerly attributed to Francesco Trevisani and Ludovico Mazzanti, expresses a typically Capitoline lexicon and dates from the 18th century. However, the style characteristics suggest attribution to Michele Rocca (Parma, 1671 ; Venice, 1751), an artist who carried out much of his activity in Rome, where he is documented from 1691 to 1730. In the city of the popes he frequented the cultured entourage of Cardinal Ottoboni, with Francesco Trevisani and Sebastiano Conca. His production counts mainly easel works depicting delicate mythological scenes, executed with a refined classicist taste influenced by the courtly examples of the Emilian Renaissance and a manifest rocaille sensibility. His art was well-received by the collectors of the time and there are many scenes in which sensuality is veiled by literary assumptions, with the figures in languid poses and constructed with fluid and rapid drafts.
Reference bibliography:
E. Debenedetti, C. Pergoli Campanelli, Un punto su Michele Rocca, in Roma il Tempio del vero gusto. La pittura del Settecento romano e la sua diffusione a Venezia e a Napoli, proceedings of the conference edited by E. Borsellino and V. Casale, Florence 2001, pp. 59-66
G. Sestieri, Michele Rocca and Rococo painting in Rome, Florence 2004, pp. 218-219
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