Pinacoteca art gallery, Room XV: “Portrait of Clement IX” and “Christ with the Samaritan woman at the well”
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The painting "Portrait of Clement IX" is on the left.
Carlo Maratta (Camerino 1625 - Rome 1713). Portrait of Clement IX, 1669, oil on canvas, cm. 145 x 116, cat. 40460.
Carlo Maratta, born in the Marche region, moved to Rome when he was very young. Here he met with undisputed success from his earliest works, so much so that on the death of Pietro da Cortona (1669) he assumed the role of leader of artistic life in Rome until the beginning of the 18th century. The painter was closely associated with pontifical circles. He produced many works with religious subjects, making his name also however in portrait painting. Among the most efficacious testimonies of this type is the Portrait of Clement IX Rospigliosi, signed and dated 1669. The pontiff seated on his throne is portrayed in three-quarter profile (with clear reference to the Portrait of Innocent X by Velazquez) and shown with sharp psychological penetration and expressive force.
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The painting "Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well" is on the right.
"Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well" was painted by Francesco Trevisani, cat. 42018.