Italian school, XVIII century

Italian school of the second third of the eighteenth century. Circle of CORRADO GIAQUINTO (Italy, 1703 - 1765/66).
"Allegory of Painting".
Measurements: 37 x 44 cm; 50 x 56 cm (frame).

For its formal characteristics this work is attributed to the environment of Corrado Giaquinto, Italian painter of the eighteenth century considered the highest representative of Rococo painting in Rome at the time. Due to his compositional mastery and his masterful use of color, the Italian artist became a point of reference for several generations of painters. Appointed chamber painter to Ferdinand VI in 1753, until 1762, he was also artistic director of the Royal Tapestry Factory of Santa Barbara and general director of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. His language, which starts from rococo to evolve in an increasingly classical sense, is characterized by its great scenographic sense and its chromatic subtleties of extraordinary beauty. Here these two features are clearly evident; the composition is totally theatrical, with the clarity that defends classicism combined with the elegant and graceful dynamism of rococo. The stage is organized in depth, playing with the position of the cumulus clouds and looking for the naturalistic representation of the space, with a scenographic sense inherited from the baroque. Giaquinto's is a classical-influenced rococo, and his works will increasingly denote a more solid classicism: compositions of greater spatial clarity, as we see here, populated by solemn figures of lively gestures.