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Carlo Saraceni (1579 – 16 June 1620) was an Italian early-Baroque painter, whose reputation as a "first-class painter of the second rank" was improved with the publication of a modern monograph in 1968.
Learn about Carlo Saraceni, a Venetian painter influenced by Caravaggio and Elsheimer. See his works, such as 'Moses defending the Daughters of Jethro', and his biography.
The Artist: Carlo Saraceni, also known as Carlo Veneziano, was born in Venice and arrived in Rome about 1598. In the years leading up to his election to the Accademia di San Luca in 1607, Saraceni primarily produced small cabinet paintings.
Feb 21, 2024 · Carlo Saraceni dressed in French clothes, spoke French fluently, and had French followers, but he never visited France and his jewel-like painting style was most influenced by German and Italian artists. After training in his birthplace of Venice, Saraceni settled in Rome in 1598.
Carlo Saraceni. Venice ca.1579 - 1620. Print page. The artist's date of birth, 1579, can be deduced from his own documented statement of 1616 in which he stated that he was thirty-seven.
Carlo Saraceni conceived this theme for the first time in 1606, when he was called upon to replace Caravaggio’s Death of the Virgin (now at the Louvre) for the Roman church of Santa Maria della Scala.
Recognized as a work by Carlo Saraceni (Nicolson 1970), it was acquired by The Met in 1971. Paradise is probably one of the first paintings produced by Saraceni after his arrival in Rome from Venice, around 1598.
