Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari - Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Oil on canvas (relined). 93 x 72 cm.
The design of the equally classical and powerful figure of Judith reveals a tradition that goes back to Guido Reni. Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari was Carlo Maratta's most important pupil and successor and the main representative of a classicist Baroque style in late Seicento Rome. Chiari's depiction of the Old Testament heroine comes closest to a much-admired full-figure composition by Guido Reni, which is in the Sedelmayer Collection and has been copied numerous times.
Provenance
West German private collection.
Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Oil on canvas (relined). 93 x 72 cm.
The design of the equally classical and powerful figure of Judith reveals a tradition that goes back to Guido Reni. Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari was Carlo Maratta's most important pupil and successor and the main representative of a classicist Baroque style in late Seicento Rome. Chiari's depiction of the Old Testament heroine comes closest to a much-admired full-figure composition by Guido Reni, which is in the Sedelmayer Collection and has been copied numerous times.
Provenance
West German private collection.
