Giacomo Cavedone
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Giacomo Cavedone (1577–1660), was an Italian
Baroque
painter of the Bolognese School
.
He belonged to the generation of Carracci
-inspired or trained painters that included Giovanni Andrea Donducci (Mastelletta)
; Alessandro Tiarini
, Lucio Massari
, Leonello Spada
and Lorenzo Garbieri
. He was born in Sassuolo
, near Modena
, and was able to obtain a three year stipend to apprentice with Bernadino Baldi and Annibale Carracci
. In the autumn of 1609, he sojourned in Rome for a year to work under Guido Reni
, and is known to have worked in Venice
from 1612-1613. He became one of Ludovico Carracci
's primary assistants and upon Ludovico's death in 1619 became Caposindaco of the Accademia degli Incamminati
.
His career as a painter was cut short by a set of misfortunes; these included a 1623 fall from a church scaffold and, in 1630, the death of his wife and children from the plague. The 1911 Britannica (where he is incorrectly called Jacopo Cavendone) claims his wife was accused of witchcraft. He lived until 1660, and died in poverty.
His principal works are the Adoration of the Magi, the Four Doctors, Last Supper; and his masterpiece, the large altar painting in the Pinacoteca di Bologna, Virgin and Child in Glory with San Petronio and Saint Alo (1614) http://www.pinacotecabologna.it/collezione/ricerca/collRicerca3.php?IDOpera=78#. His paintings have a traditional Ludovico Carracci
-inspired structure, with a Madonna and her wafting robes hovering above donors, with an unusually rich Titian
esque coloring for an Emilian painter. Among his pupils were Giovanni Andrea Sirani
, Giovanni Battista Cavagna
(also called Giovanni Battista Cavazza), Ottavio Corradi, and Flaminio Torre
.
Italy
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Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
painter of the Bolognese School
Bolognese School (painting)
The Bolognese School or the School of Bologna of painting flourished in Bologna, the capital of Emilia Romagna, between the 16th and 17th centuries in Italy, and rivalled Florence and Rome as the center of painting. Its most important representatives include the Carracci family, including Ludovico...
.
He belonged to the generation of Carracci
Agostino Carracci
Agostino Carracci was an Italian painter and printmaker. He was the brother of the more famous Annibale and cousin of Lodovico Carracci....
-inspired or trained painters that included Giovanni Andrea Donducci (Mastelletta)
Giovanni Andrea Donducci (Mastelletta)
Giovanni Andrea Donducci , also known as Mastelletta, was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School . His father was a maker of vats...
; Alessandro Tiarini
Alessandro Tiarini
Alessandro Tiarini was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School.He was born in Bologna. His mother died when he was a child, and he was raised by an aunt, and early on they tried, unsuccessfully to guide him towards becoming a cleric...
, Lucio Massari
Lucio Massari
Lucio Massari was an Italian painter of the School of Bologna. He can be described as painting during both Mannerist and early-Baroque periods....
, Leonello Spada
Leonello Spada
Leonello Spada was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Rome and his native city of Bologna, where he became known as one of the followers of Caravaggio.-Biography:...
and Lorenzo Garbieri
Lorenzo Garbieri
Lorenzo Garbieri was an Italian painter of the early-Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna. He was one of the painters in the studio of Ludovico Carracci and is sometimes called il nipote dei Carracci. He painted the Plague of Milan in the chapel of San Carlo at the church of the Barnabites. He...
. He was born in Sassuolo
Sassuolo
Sassuolo is an important industrial centre of the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The town stands on the right bank of the river Secchia some 17 km south-west of Modena.-History :...
, near Modena
Modena
Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....
, and was able to obtain a three year stipend to apprentice with Bernadino Baldi and Annibale Carracci
Annibale Carracci
Annibale Carracci was an Italian Baroque painter.-Early career:Annibale Carracci was born in Bologna, and in all likelihood first apprenticed within his family...
. In the autumn of 1609, he sojourned in Rome for a year to work under Guido Reni
Guido Reni
Guido Reni was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style.-Biography:Born in Bologna into a family of musicians, Guido Reni was the son of Daniele Reni and Ginevra de’ Pozzi. As a child of nine, he was apprenticed under the Bolognese studio of Denis Calvaert. Soon after, he was joined in that...
, and is known to have worked in Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
from 1612-1613. He became one of Ludovico Carracci
Ludovico Carracci
Ludovico Carracci was an Italian, early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker born in Bologna....
's primary assistants and upon Ludovico's death in 1619 became Caposindaco of the Accademia degli Incamminati
Accademia degli Incamminati
The Accademia degli Incamminati was one of the first art academies in Italy. It was originally created around 1580 in Bologna as the Accademia dei Desiderosi and was sometimes known as the Accademia dei Carracci after its founders the Carracci cousins , with Annibale heading the institution thanks...
.
His career as a painter was cut short by a set of misfortunes; these included a 1623 fall from a church scaffold and, in 1630, the death of his wife and children from the plague. The 1911 Britannica (where he is incorrectly called Jacopo Cavendone) claims his wife was accused of witchcraft. He lived until 1660, and died in poverty.
His principal works are the Adoration of the Magi, the Four Doctors, Last Supper; and his masterpiece, the large altar painting in the Pinacoteca di Bologna, Virgin and Child in Glory with San Petronio and Saint Alo (1614) http://www.pinacotecabologna.it/collezione/ricerca/collRicerca3.php?IDOpera=78#. His paintings have a traditional Ludovico Carracci
Ludovico Carracci
Ludovico Carracci was an Italian, early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker born in Bologna....
-inspired structure, with a Madonna and her wafting robes hovering above donors, with an unusually rich Titian
Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 – 27 August 1576 better known as Titian was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near...
esque coloring for an Emilian painter. Among his pupils were Giovanni Andrea Sirani
Giovanni Andrea Sirani
Giovanni Andrea Sirani was an Italian Baroque painter from Bologna.He is best known as the father of the female painter Elisabetta Sirani. Sirani trained initially with Giacomo Cavedone, then worked in the studio with Guido Reni. He became entangled in various conspiracies circling around the...
, Giovanni Battista Cavagna
Giovanni Battista Cavagna
Giovanni Battista Cavagna or Cavazza was a painter and engraver, who was born at Bologna about the year 1620. He studied under Cavedone and Guido, and painted some pictures for public buildings at Bologna. The church of the Nunziata has frescoes of saints painted by him...
(also called Giovanni Battista Cavazza), Ottavio Corradi, and Flaminio Torre
Flaminio Torre
Flaminio Torre was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School, active during the Baroque period.He was a pupil of Guido Reni, Giacomo Cavedone, and Simone Cantarini. He was also called Degli Ancinelli, and painted for churches in Bologna; including a Deposition from the Cross for S....
.
Partial anthology
- Saint Stephen in Glory, (1601, Galleria EstenseGalleria EstenseThe Galleria Estense or Estense Gallery is an art museum in Modena, with mainly Italian and Spanish paintings from the 14th to the 18th century, formed around the collection of the House of Este, rulers of Modena . It is located on the upper floor of the Palazzo dei Musei, on the St. Augustine...
, Modena) - Deposition, (Santuario di Caravaggio)
- Death of Saint Peter Martyr, (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna)
- Baptism of Christ, (1611–12, San Pietro Martire, Modena)
- Sant'Alo Altarpiece, (1614, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna)http://www.jstor.org/view/00076287/ap030496/03a00060/0
- Discovery of Miraculous Crucifix of Beirut, (1622, San Salvatore, Bologna)
- Adoration of the Shepherds, (San Paolo Maggiore, Bologna)
- Adoration of the Kings, (San Paolo Maggiore, Bologna)
- Seated Warrior Holding a Sword and Shield, (drawing, c. 1612, National Gallery of Art)
- Sketch for The Last Supper; verso: The Conversion of St. Paul, Fogg Art Museum)
- The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes (drawing, 1611–1614, Fitzwillian Museum, Cambridge)
- Judith of Holofernes & Complaint of Job http://www.bper.it/gruppobper/eventi/eventi/index_presentazione.htm