Girolamo Forabosco
(1604 - 23 January 1679) |
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Portraiture Art Work
| Name: |
Girolamo Forabosco |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Place of Birth: |
Padua, Italy |
| Nationality: |
Italian |
| Birth: |
1604 |
| Death: |
23 January 1679 |
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Quick Facts
| Known For: |
Portraiture |
| Medium: |
oil painting |
| Method: |
oil painting |
| Style: |
Italian Baroque |
| Fine Art Profession(s): |
Painter
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Biography
One of the most important Venetian painters active during the seventeenth century, Forabosco has fallen into undeserved obscurity. His birth and his training are a matter of debate. Most recent sources place his training with Padovanino, though other scholars have suggested Varotari, and yet others have called him a pupil of Albani. Certainly he responded to a wide range of sources, including Strozzi, Mazzoni, Velazquez, and, of course, Titian. His affinity for Titian's portraiture is frequently noted, and at times Forabosco's paintings have been confused with Titian's.
Portraiture was Forabosco's forte and specialty, though some religious works are credited to him. His activity in Venice is documented after 1654. He is now accepted as the leading portraitist active in Venice during the Seicento. His large group portrait celebrating a Miraculous Escape from a Shipwreck dated 1670, Malamocco, Parish Church, is considered his greatest surviving masterpiece. Numerous female portraits, often in sumptuous regalia and depicted half length, are attributed to him.
Forabosco had a special gift for distilling convincing personalities from his sources while maintaining a sense of formality more rigid than that of his predecessors. His emphasis on such details as lace, hair, and other trimmings also endow his portraits with a sprightly and decorative effect. His paintings have an impression of the momentary and the self absorption which could be said to anticipate Goya. |
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