ITALIAN - NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL 17thC - RELIGIOUS SCENE ATTR. VACCARO - INK - WATERCOLOR
Item History & Price
For sale is this Italian Baroque drawing, a find in a collection near Treviso (North East Italy).
The drawing, executed in pen, ink, blue and grey wash and white watercolor on laid paper, depicts a religious scene, showing three putti in a vault, holding the crown of the Holy Virgin. This is symbolising the Immaculate Conception. A fourth putto is visible below, holding some flowers in his hands.This drawing, without any doubt, was a preparatory study for a larger scale ...painting, an altarpiece or a fresco.
Authorship : the drawing is from the Italian-Neapolitan School of the Baroque period, attributed (on base of style) to Andrea Vaccaro. Vaccaro also used this theme in one of his paintings (see extra photo).
ANDREA VACCARO (1600 Naples - 1670 Naples) : Italian painter, draughtsman of the Baroque period, active in Naples. In his time, he was one of the most successful painters in Naples, a city then under Spanish rule. Very successful and valued in his lifetime, Vaccaro and his workshop produced many religious works for local patrons as well as for export to Spanish religious orders and noble patrons. He was initially influenced by Caravaggio, in particular in his chiascuro and the naturalistic rendering of his figures.Very little is known for certain about Andrea Vaccaro's early life. Vaccaro first applied himself to the study of literature. He then turned to art. At the age of 16, he was apprenticed to Giovanni Tommaso Passaro, a minor artist.
His paintings from shortly after 1620 show the influence of Caravaggio and his Neapolitan followers. After 1630 Vaccaro came into contact with the work of Guido Reni, Anthony van Dyck and Pietro Novelli. He painted copies of the work of these artists for Neapolitan collectors and Flemish art dealers in Naples. It is believed he was also active as an art dealer, as was common among Neapolitan painters of the time.
Vaccaro became very successful and almost every collection in Naples boasted at least one painting by him. Healso had patrons in other parts of Italy. From 1635 he started exporting religious canvases to Spain for religious orders and noble patrons (the most importan was the Spanish Viceroy of Naples, Gaspar de Bracamonte). In 1656 the plague devastated Naples decimating half of the population, including artists with whom Andrea Vaccaro had been closely linked.
Vacarro continued to receive many commissions. Between 1650 and 1670, Vaccaro's art was highly influential on Neapolitan painting. In 1665 Vacarro was one of the founders and head of the "Congrega dei SS Anna e Luca", a form of painter's guild that likely had as its aim to promote the status of artists in Naples.
Period : ca. 1660-1670.
Size : 17x16cm (widest, circular of shape).
Condition : Good. Some scattered dirt throughout. Corners missing. Zone right and left under mid : restored tears. Attached to a paper support by the top side. Matted. Unframed.
Shipping : flat shippingrate 17$. Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°). Combined shipping available.
The drawing, executed in pen, ink, blue and grey wash and white watercolor on laid paper, depicts a religious scene, showing three putti in a vault, holding the crown of the Holy Virgin. This is symbolising the Immaculate Conception. A fourth putto is visible below, holding some flowers in his hands.This drawing, without any doubt, was a preparatory study for a larger scale ...painting, an altarpiece or a fresco.
Authorship : the drawing is from the Italian-Neapolitan School of the Baroque period, attributed (on base of style) to Andrea Vaccaro. Vaccaro also used this theme in one of his paintings (see extra photo).
ANDREA VACCARO (1600 Naples - 1670 Naples) : Italian painter, draughtsman of the Baroque period, active in Naples. In his time, he was one of the most successful painters in Naples, a city then under Spanish rule. Very successful and valued in his lifetime, Vaccaro and his workshop produced many religious works for local patrons as well as for export to Spanish religious orders and noble patrons. He was initially influenced by Caravaggio, in particular in his chiascuro and the naturalistic rendering of his figures.Very little is known for certain about Andrea Vaccaro's early life. Vaccaro first applied himself to the study of literature. He then turned to art. At the age of 16, he was apprenticed to Giovanni Tommaso Passaro, a minor artist.
His paintings from shortly after 1620 show the influence of Caravaggio and his Neapolitan followers. After 1630 Vaccaro came into contact with the work of Guido Reni, Anthony van Dyck and Pietro Novelli. He painted copies of the work of these artists for Neapolitan collectors and Flemish art dealers in Naples. It is believed he was also active as an art dealer, as was common among Neapolitan painters of the time.
Vaccaro became very successful and almost every collection in Naples boasted at least one painting by him. Healso had patrons in other parts of Italy. From 1635 he started exporting religious canvases to Spain for religious orders and noble patrons (the most importan was the Spanish Viceroy of Naples, Gaspar de Bracamonte). In 1656 the plague devastated Naples decimating half of the population, including artists with whom Andrea Vaccaro had been closely linked.
Vacarro continued to receive many commissions. Between 1650 and 1670, Vaccaro's art was highly influential on Neapolitan painting. In 1665 Vacarro was one of the founders and head of the "Congrega dei SS Anna e Luca", a form of painter's guild that likely had as its aim to promote the status of artists in Naples.
Period : ca. 1660-1670.
Size : 17x16cm (widest, circular of shape).
Condition : Good. Some scattered dirt throughout. Corners missing. Zone right and left under mid : restored tears. Attached to a paper support by the top side. Matted. Unframed.
Shipping : flat shippingrate 17$. Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°). Combined shipping available.
