The Medici's Painter


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Carlo Dolci (1616-1687), arguably the greatest painter in 17th-century Florence, was admired and patronized by the city's leading families. Best known for his half-length and single-figure devotional pictures, Dolci was also a gifted painter of altarpieces and portraits. Written by a team of distinguished scholars, The Medici's Painter offers new archival discoveries and insights and features cross-disciplinary approaches to Dolci's life and art and the cultural and political contexts in which he worked. The volume sheds new light on Dolci's significant and impressive body of work. The painter understood the power of his paintings to inspire contemporaries, and his works continue to compel individuals to look closely and feel deeply about art.







Hans Von Aachen, 1552-1615


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After first studying in Cologne, Hans von Aachen moved to Italy in 1574 to further his studies. He toured Rome and Florence, eventually settling in Venice. Combining Flemish traditions and Italian innovation he developed a style of his own. Returning to Germany, he lived in Cologne and Munich as a painter of the nobility. In 1592 he was appointed official painter of Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor in Prague, finally moving to Prague in 1601, where he painted commissions from Emperor Rudolph II and his successor, Matthias I. The elegance, humour, and sensuality of his mythological and allegoric paintings continue to be a fascination. His religious presentations are symbolic of the constant change in a turbulent world. The Los Angeles Museum of Art (LACMA) numbers paintings from Hans von Aachen among its collection.







Titian


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This publication presents a catalogue raisonné of the ouevre of an artist who has determined the history of art. It is aimed at both specialised readers and at a wider public.




Murillo


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35.- Murillo


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La vida de Murillo resulta menos conocida que la de otros maestros de la época. Sabemos que queda huérfano a muy temprana edad (catorce años) y que entra en el taller de Juan del Castillo, como Zurbarán había hecho en el de Villanueva y Velázquez en el de Pacheco. Los tres pintores superaron ampliamente a sus maestros, de donde cabe deducir que la experiencia sólo puede servir de muleta al genio, tanto en éste como en cualquier orden de cosas.