Oil on Canvas by Giovanni Marieschi Italy XVIII Century

Architectural Capriccio

Code :  ARARPI0108771

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Oil on Canvas by Giovanni Marieschi Italy XVIII Century

Architectural Capriccio

Code :  ARARPI0108771

not available

Oil on Canvas by Giovanni Marieschi Italy XVIII Century - Architectural Capriccio

Features

Architectural Capriccio

Artist:  Michele Giovanni Marieschi (1710-1743)

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Subject:  Landscape with Figures

Origin:  Italy

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description

Oil on canvas. Little is known of the Venetian artist Michele Giovanni Marieschi who made his debut as a set designer, creating a series of about twenty canvases before 1733, depicting courtyards characterized by majestic arches and wide stairways, considered sketches for future theatrical productions. Influenced by Marco Ricci and Luca Carlevaris, Marieschi then began to devote himself to the creation of whims and views, creating unmistakable landscapes, Venetian and non-Venetian, characterized by some persistently recurring elements, almost with signature value: the huts, the trees, a bridge , the juxtaposition of ruins, classical, Egyptian and contemporary buildings, very often wet by water, to give a pastiche character. In the last years of his life, Michele Marieschi's activity was mainly focused on the engravings that became a tool to make his skills as a landscape painter known to the various collectors of the time. In his works, the skill in the diversified rendering of materials (stone, marble and wood) and the wise use of lights and shadows stand out, all wrapped in silence and often animated by rare figures. In the Marieschian style, a strong perspective always dominates (legacy of the scenographic experience) and the tendency to propose an angled view, in order to deform the structures and offer a majestic reading of the subjects. Also in this whim this angled and perspective setting is highlighted: from right to left, a series of buildings in ruins, of different architectural typologies, with sloping dimensions, are proposed, which then flow into a lake landscape and distant mountains in the background. In the scene are inserted several figurines intent on different activities. The restored and relined work is presented in a gilded frame from the first half of the 20th century. It comes from an important historical Milanese collection.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, with small signs of age.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 76
Width: 107
Depth: 5

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 63
Width: 94

Additional Information

Artist: Michele Giovanni Marieschi (1710-1743)

Michele Marieschi, conosciuto anche come Michiel (1710 - 1743), è stato un pittore italiano, che ha dipinto vedute principalmente a Venezia. Meno noto del contemporaneo Canaletto e di Francesco Guardi, era figlio di un incisore. Si crede che prima del 1735 vivesse in Germania. Tra il 1735 e il 1741 fu iscritto alla "Fraglia de' Pittori". Marieschi Inizialmente dipinse capricci, in seguito paesaggi realistici. Uno dei suoi mecenati fu il noto collezionista Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, che acquistò almeno due tele, per 50 e 55 monete d'oro rispettivamente. Marieschi ha pubblicato un set di incisioni su legno di Venezia, intitolato Magnificentiores Selectioresque Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus, che rappresenta la sua unica opera di attribuzione certa

Age: 18th Century / 1701 - 1800

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Subject: Landscape with Figures

Artistic technique: Painting

La pittura è l'arte che consiste nell'applicare dei pigmenti a un supporto come la carta, la tela, la seta, la ceramica, il legno, il vetro o un muro. Essendo i pigmenti essenzialmente solidi, è necessario utilizzare un legante, che li porti a uno stadio liquido, più fluido o più denso, e un collante, che permetta l'adesione duratura al supporto. Chi dipinge è detto pittore o pittrice. Il risultato è un'immagine che, a seconda delle intenzioni dell'autore, esprime la sua percezione del mondo o una libera associazione di forme o un qualsiasi altro significato, a seconda della sua creatività, del suo gusto estetico e di quello della società di cui fa parte.

Technical specification: Oil on Canvas

The oil painting is a painting technique using powder pigments mixed with bases in inert and oils.
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