Carlo Caliari
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Carlo Caliari was an Italian
of the Renaissance
period. He is also known as Carletto. He was the youngest son of Paolo Veronese
. He was active mainly in Venice
, where he worked and inherited the studio of his far more famous father, Paolo Veronese
, and later worked along with his uncle, Benedetto
. His name is attached to several large pictures of banquets in Veronese's style. Alessandro Turchi
worked briefly under him.
As the most talented member of his father's workshop, he undoubtedly executed many works that are attributed to his father. Works that have been clearly isolated as Carlo's own are more precise and delicate, both technically and in the physical types; they lack Veronese's bravura, whether in the line and wash of a chiaroscuro drawing or in the richly layered pigments that make an embroidered drape. His early signed works show the influence of both his father and the Bassano family by whom he was trained.
They include Angelica and Medoro
(c. 1584; Padua, Barbieri priv. col.), which has a preciousness in the landscape and in details of foliage and coiffures that sets it apart from Veronese's work. The signed Nativity (c. 1588; Brescia, S Afra) combines narrative detail typical of the Bassano with morphological similarities to Veronese. There are similar characteristics in frescoes at the Villa Loredan, Sant'Urbano, Padua, that are assigned to Carlo by Crosato.
Bearded Man Wearing a Ruff, circa 1590 - FAMSF in San Franciscohttp://search3.famsf.org:8080/view.shtml?record=60579
For further paintings: Uffizi in Florencehttp://www.virtualuffizi.com/uffizi1/artista.asp?Autore=Carlo+Caliari
Christie’s in Paris, auction March 17, 2005http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4454353
Italy
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of the Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
period. He is also known as Carletto. He was the youngest son of Paolo Veronese
Paolo Veronese
Paolo Veronese was an Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice, famous for paintings such as The Wedding at Cana and The Feast in the House of Levi...
. He was active mainly 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...
, where he worked and inherited the studio of his far more famous father, Paolo Veronese
Paolo Veronese
Paolo Veronese was an Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice, famous for paintings such as The Wedding at Cana and The Feast in the House of Levi...
, and later worked along with his uncle, Benedetto
Benedetto Caliari
Benedetto Caliari was an Italian painter who was born into a family of artists. Benedetto’s father Gabriele Caliari was a stonecutter. Benedetto’s brother Paolo Caliari is better known as Veronese. Veronese’s principal assistants were his younger brother Benedetto Caliari and his two sons Carlo...
. His name is attached to several large pictures of banquets in Veronese's style. Alessandro Turchi
Alessandro Turchi
Alessandro Turchi was an Italian painter of the early Baroque, born and active mainly in Verona, and moving late in life to Rome. He also went by the name Alessandro Veronese or the nickname L'Orbetto....
worked briefly under him.
As the most talented member of his father's workshop, he undoubtedly executed many works that are attributed to his father. Works that have been clearly isolated as Carlo's own are more precise and delicate, both technically and in the physical types; they lack Veronese's bravura, whether in the line and wash of a chiaroscuro drawing or in the richly layered pigments that make an embroidered drape. His early signed works show the influence of both his father and the Bassano family by whom he was trained.
They include Angelica and Medoro
Angelica and Medoro
Angelica and Medoro was a popular theme for Romantic painters, composers and writers from the sixteenth until the nineteenth century. Angelica and Medoro are two characters from the siwteenth-century Italian epic Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto...
(c. 1584; Padua, Barbieri priv. col.), which has a preciousness in the landscape and in details of foliage and coiffures that sets it apart from Veronese's work. The signed Nativity (c. 1588; Brescia, S Afra) combines narrative detail typical of the Bassano with morphological similarities to Veronese. There are similar characteristics in frescoes at the Villa Loredan, Sant'Urbano, Padua, that are assigned to Carlo by Crosato.
Bearded Man Wearing a Ruff, circa 1590 - FAMSF in San Franciscohttp://search3.famsf.org:8080/view.shtml?record=60579
For further paintings: Uffizi in Florencehttp://www.virtualuffizi.com/uffizi1/artista.asp?Autore=Carlo+Caliari
Christie’s in Paris, auction March 17, 2005http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4454353