Giulio Carpioni

Giulio Carpioni (1613 - Jan 29, 1678 was an Italian painter and etcher of the early Baroque era.

Born probably in Venice, Carpioni studied under Alessandro Varotari and was also influenced by the work of Simone Cantarini, Carlo Saraceni and Jean Leclerc. He came into contact with Lombard art after a brief visit to Bergamo in 1631. In 1638 he settled in Vicenza and executed most of his work there.

Born probably in Venice in 1613, Carpioni was a pupil of Padovanino who followed in Bergamo in 1631. It is possible that shortly after the painter went to Rome, in order to complete his classical preparation through the study of the Baccanali di Tiziano and the works By Nicolas Poussin. Since 1636 he has been documented in Vicenza where he will live almost uninterruptedly until his death.

His most outstanding works are in the museums of Vienna and Budapest, Bordeaux, Dijon, Dresden; In Italy they are present in Florence, Padua, Ancona and of course in Vicenza, where she spent most of her life.

Among the many paintings painted by the Carpionees are: the Glorification of Dolfin (1647), Allegoria Grimani (1651), the palace with St. Anthony of Padua, the Virgin and two saints, and the Silence Triumph of the Galleries of the Academy Venice.

In addition to religious subjects, Carpion's painting draws inspiration from the arguments of classical mythology, as in the famous Baccanali and in the stories of Hercules, Pan and Apollo.

In the seventies of Vicenza the style of Carpioni contrasted with the baroque of Francesco Maffei, as it is possible, for example, to note in the stylistic differences present in the paintings of the two artists in the Oratory of San Nicola da Tolentino in Vicenza where the painter was present in two shootings . The canvases on the ceiling of this oratory are the last works painted by the artist, who was captured by death just as he was completing the cycle of canvases to be inserted into the ceiling stucco.

He painted history and bacchanals, and also sacred subjects of a small size, many of which are to be seen in the churches in the Venetian states. Paintings by him may be seen in the Galleries of Augsburg, Dresden, Vienna, Modena, and Florence. He was also an etcher; his best plates being St. Anthony of Padua, Christ on the Mount of Olives, The Virgin reading, and The Virgin with Rosary. He died at Verona. Carlo Carpioni, his son, was also a painter.

Among his important works are the Apotheosis of the Dolfin family and the Allegory of the Grimani Family, and altarpiece of Sant'Antonio da Padova, a Virgin and two saints, and a Triumph of Silenus in the Gallerie dell'Accademia of Venice. He painted a series of canvases for the Oratory of San Nicola da Tolentino in Vicenza.
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