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,


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CIGNANI, Carlo Joseph and Potiphar s Wife oil


Joseph and Potiphar s Wife
Painting ID::  6024
Joseph and Potiphar s Wife
1678-80 Oil on canvas, 99 x 99 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
   
   
     

CIGNANI, Carlo Joseph and Potiphar's Wife oil


Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
Painting ID::  51209
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
1678-80 Oil on canvas, 9 x 99 cm
1678-80_ Oil_on_canvas,_ 9_x_99_cm
   
   
     

CIGNANI, Carlo Bei Corley's portrait oil


Bei Corley's portrait
Painting ID::  58376
Bei Corley's portrait
mk261 Bergamo 1632 oil on canvas 108 x 78.5 cm
mk261_Bergamo_1632_oil_on_canvas_108_x_78.5_cm
   
   
     

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     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,

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