Explore the formative life and artistic work of Carlo Maratta, an authoritative representative of the classicist High Baroque. Born on May 13, 1625 in Camerano near Ancona, Maratta's works masterfully combined the time-honored heritage of Raphael, Annibale Carracci and his teacher Andrea Sacchi with his own visionary creativity. His love of art revealed itself at an early age, and so in 1637, at the tender age of 12, his family sent him to Andrea Sacchi in Rome for artistic training. Under Sacchi's careful tutelage, Maratta spent many years and received his first major commission for the frescoes in S. Giovanni in Fonte in Florence. The appreciation of his art expanded his reputation and led him to Pope Alexander VII, who honored him with further commissions. Many of his altarpieces, prized for their majesty and grandeur, still adorn the churches of Rome. His painting technique consisted of a clearly articulated composition, clearly delineated figure outlines, and a careful use of color. Maratta also gained considerable recognition as a portrait painter.
Increasing notoriety led to a steady stream of commissions, prompting Maratta to maintain a large studio with numerous students and collaborators. At the height of his career, he painted imposing frescoes, created subtle sculptures and a wealth of drawings. Among them are devotional paintings of lyrical grace and impressive altar compositions. His thematic diversity and technical brilliance are reflected in the numerous art prints, reproduced by our company with the utmost care and respect for the artistic original. The recognition of Maratta's art extended beyond the borders of Italy. Particularly notable was his international success with paintings of the Madonna and Child, a theme he took from the Renaissance and reinterpreted. In this field, he created numerous works that today can be found not only in the Louvre in Paris, but also in major museums and galleries throughout Europe.
At the age of 75, Maratta was knighted by Pope Clement XI and received the Order of Christ. He was no longer able to paint due to a visual impairment, but continued to run his studio and left an indelible impact on his students and the artistic world. Today Maratta rests in an urn created especially for him in the narthex of S. Maria degli Angeli in Rome, and his hometown of Camerano honors him with a theater, a museum and a bronze monument. His life and artistic legacy live on in the art prints reproduced by our company with the utmost care and precision.
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.jpg "Love and Garlands of Flowers by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Virgin Mary appearing to St. Philip Neri by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_(1613-1700)_designer_of_the_gardens_of_the_-_(MeisterDrucke-948059).jpg "Portrait of Andre Le Notre, designer of the gardens of the King by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-905036).jpg "Alpheus and Arethusa by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Cleopatra Dissolves a Pearl in a Cup of Wine by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Madonna and Child by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Servant of Abraham and Rachel by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Putti Playing with Garlands of Flowers by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_Detail_Musee_des_-_(MeisterDrucke-1325648).jpg "The Annunciation to the Flowers (detail) by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Study for the Figure of Sisera, preliminary drawing for the mosaic of Jael and Sisera for the Chapel of the Presentation in St Peter")
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_Musee_des_Beaux_A_-_(MeisterDrucke-1314456).jpg "The Annunciation with Flowers by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Holy Family by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_Oil_on_canvas_End_of_17th_cen_Stat_-_(MeisterDrucke-941493).jpg "The Holy Family by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Virgin Enthroned between Saints Carlo Borromeo and Ignatius of Loyola by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1025617).jpg "Monument to Pope Innocent XI (c.1697, marble) by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Flight into Egypt by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Self-Portrait by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Cardinal Alderano Cybo, c.1645 by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Portrait of Faustina Maratti by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Madonna on a Crescent Moon and Four Saints by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Virgin and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Madonna Study by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Vision of St. Philip Neri by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1087180).jpg "The Calling of St. Peter by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Death of St. Joseph, 1676 by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Flight into Egypt by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Death of Saint Joseph by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Assumption of the Virgin by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Study for a Statue of the Apostle Peter by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Adoration of the Magi by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Alpheus and Arethusa by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Virgin Mary with Child and Saint Anne by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Cleopatra by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_Sanguine_de_Carlo_Maratta_(1625-1713)_vers_1681-168_-_(MeisterDrucke-939176).jpg "Self-Portrait by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "A Triton Bringing Gifts to Venus by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-905069).jpg "Portrait of Cardinal Barberini by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Self Portrait by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Annunciation by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Immaculate Conception and Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Gregoire the Great, Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Augustine by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-961785).jpg "Portrait of Cardinal Alderano Cybo by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_Art_ital_-_(MeisterDrucke-1323346).jpg "Virgin and Child by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Immaculate Conception with St John and St Augustine by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1460716).jpg "Martyrdom of Saint Andrew by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1079576).jpg "The Holy Family by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Martyrdom of St. Andrew by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Marriage of St. Catherine by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Prophet Balaam by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_La_Sainte_Famill_-_(MeisterDrucke-1325376).jpg "The Adoration of The Christ Child by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Triumph of Clemency by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Triumph of Clemenza by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1450798).jpg "Rebecca And Eliezer At The Well by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Portrait of Francesca Gommi Maratti, c. 1701 by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Christ and the Woman from Samaria by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Madonna and Child with the Magdalen by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1091378).jpg "Portrait of Pope Clement IX by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Visitation by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Portrait of Giovan Pietro Bellori by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Adoration of the Angels by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1172309).jpg "The Marriage of the Virgin by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Apollo and Daphne by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_17th_century_-_(MeisterDrucke-947028).jpg "Love and Garlands of Flowers by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Entombment of Christ by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Painter Andrea Sacchi, after Van Dyck by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Fresco Preparatory Drawing for the Santa Maria del Popolo Church in Rome by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Rospigliosi Family Paying Homage to Pope Clement IX, 1667-1669 by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Two Studies for the Head of an Old Woman by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Madonna and Child appearing to Saints Ambrosius, Francis of Sales and Nicholas of Bari by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1460992).jpg "Saint Paul by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Pope Clement XI by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1091379).jpg "Landscape with Diana and Actaeon by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Self portrait of Carlo Maratta by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Virgin with Child and Saint John by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Allegory of a Design Studio, engraved by Nicolas Dorigny by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Saint John the Evangelist by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Adoration of the Magi by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Birth of the Virgin by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Blaise of Sebaste is Venerated as a Christian Saint and Martyr, Painting, Genoa, Italy by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1130671).jpg "Head of an Angel by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Study for the head of St. Charles Borromeo by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Portrait of Clement IX by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Saint John the Evangelist by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Physician, probably Giovanni Guglielmo Riva by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Judith by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Virgin and Child with St. Mary Magdalen by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Cardinal Antonio Barberini by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "St. James the Greater by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Virgin with Child appearing to St. Francis de Sales by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "The Vestal Tuccia by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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.jpg "Portrait of Giovanna Garzoni by Carlo Maratta or Maratti")
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