{"product_id":"giaquinto-corrado-red-chalk-study","title":"Corrado Giaquinto Mid 18th.Century Neapolitan School Red Chalk Study","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCorrado Giaquinto 1703-1766 Neapolitan School Mid 18th.Century Red chalk drawing on blue grey laid paper. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStudy of a figure with an outstretched arm. Faint pencil inscription lower left \"di corrado,\" further drawing to reverse, a study of a sleeping figure touched by an Angel. Slight waterstain to right hand side, light foxing and creasing to sheet to no real detriment. 26.5 by 19.8 cms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Molfetta, near Bari, Giaquinto trained in Naples and was influenced by the work of Neapolitan painters \u003c\/span\u003eLuca Giordano\u003cspan\u003e and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Francesco Solimena. In 1727 he left Naples for Rome, where his style became increasingly Rococo. Once his reputation was established, Giaquinto was invited twice to the Savoy court in Turin (in 1733 and 1735–9). In 1740 he became a member of the Academy of Saint Luke in Rome and, having set up a studio, he undertook a number of large decorative schemes. In 1753 Giaquinto was summoned by the king of Spain, Ferdinand VI, to Madrid where he succeeded Jacopo Amigoni (1680\/2–1752) as court painter. Giaquinto’s most significant commission in Madrid was the fresco decoration of the recently-built Royal Palace. In 1762, after nine years at the Spanish court, Giaquinto moved back to Naples where he continued working for the Spanish monarchy until his death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrick Boyd-Carpenter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48386388066497,"sku":"","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/0291\/6033\/files\/20240618-195425.jpg?v=1718741502","url":"https:\/\/www.pbcfineart.co.uk\/products\/giaquinto-corrado-red-chalk-study","provider":"Patrick Boyd-Carpenter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}