Related Paintings of unknow artist :. | Portrait of okand young ladies | The garden at Oatlands Surrey | Classical hunting fox, Equestrian and Beautiful Horses, 233. | Jacob Philipp Hackert in His Studio | The Archangel Michael |
Related Artists:
Tito Agujari
Italian, 1834-1908
Lajos Bruck
painted Hazateres in 1910
CIGNANI, Carlo
Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1628-1719 Italian painter and draughtsman. He was the leading master in Bologna during the later decades of the 17th century, commanding a position of authority comparable to that of Carlo Maratti in Rome. He bore the title of Conte, and his biographer Giovan Pietro Zanotti wrote that he 'always worked for glory, not for need'. Zanotti's emphasis on Cignani's 'new manner' refers to the reflective, intimate mood of his art, presaged in the later pictures of Guido Reni and Guercino, and in those of Simone Cantarini. This gentle manner, which prevailed in the second half of the 17th century,