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Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari BIOGRAPHY
1654 Lucca or Rome - 1727 Rome. Known for: Painting and sculpture.
Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari was born in Rome. Chiari was one of the principal pupils of Carlo Maratta, whose studio he entered in 1666, at the age of twelve. By 1686 he had completed his first public... Read full biography
Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari was born in Rome. Chiari was one of the principal pupils of Carlo Maratta, whose studio he entered in 1666, at the age of twelve. By 1686 he had completed his first public commission to paint frescoes of the Birth of the Virgin and the Adoration of the Magi for the... Read full biography
Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari was born in Rome. Chiari was one of the principal pupils of Carlo Maratta, whose studio he entered in 1666, at the age of twelve. By 1686 he had completed his first public commission to paint frescoes of the Birth of the Virgin and the Adoration of the Magi for the Marchionni chapel in Santa Maria del Suffragio. In the following years the artist received commissions from many of the great Roman patrons of the day, including the Barberini and Colonna families, and Pope... Read full biography
Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari was born in Rome. Chiari was one of the principal pupils of Carlo Maratta, whose studio he entered in 1666, at the age of twelve. By 1686 he had completed his first public commission to paint frescoes of the Birth of the Virgin and the Adoration of the Magi for the Marchionni chapel in Santa Maria del Suffragio. In the following years the artist received commissions from many of the great Roman patrons of the day, including the Barberini and Colonna families, and Pope Clement XI, for whom he executed a Saint Clement in Glory for the eponymous church. As Maratta’s heir, Chiari’s success was by no means limited to the city of his birth. His work was particularly popular with several key English collectors of the... Read full biography
Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari was born in Rome. Chiari was one of the principal pupils of Carlo Maratta, whose studio he entered in 1666, at the age of twelve. By 1686 he had completed his first public commission to paint frescoes of the Birth of the Virgin and the Adoration of the Magi for the Marchionni chapel in Santa Maria del Suffragio. In the following years the artist received commissions from many of the great Roman patrons of the day, including the Barberini and Colonna families, and Pope Clement XI, for whom he executed a Saint Clement in Glory for the eponymous church. As Maratta’s heir, Chiari’s success was by no means limited to the city of his birth. His work was particularly popular with several key English collectors of the day, including Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, known as the ‘Architect Earl’, and John, 5th Earl of Exeter, who acqu... Read full biography
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Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari was born in Rome. Chiari was one of the principal pupils of Carlo Maratta, whose studio he entered in 1666, at the age of twelve.
By 1686 he had completed his first public commission to paint frescoes of the Birth of the Virgin and the Adoration of the Magi for the Marchionni chapel in Santa Maria del Suffragio. In the following years the artist received commissions from many of the great Roman patrons of the day, including the Barberini and Colonna families, and Pope Clement XI, for whom he executed a Saint Clement in Glory for the eponymous church.
As Maratta’s heir, Chiari’s success was by no means limited to the city of his birth.
His work was particularly popular with several key...But wait, there's more...
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