Alessandro Turchi | |
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| Born | 1578 (1578) |
| Died | 22 January 1649 (aged 70–71) |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Baroque |
Alessandro Turchi (1578 – 22 January 1649) was an Italian painter of the earlyBaroque, born and active mainly inVerona, and moving late in life toRome. He also went by the nameAlessandro Veronese or the nicknameL'Orbetto. His style has been described as soft andCaravaggesque at the same time.
Turchi initially trained withFelice Riccio (il Brusasorci) in Verona. By 1603, he was working as independent painter, and in 1606–1609, Turchi painted the organ shutters for the Accademia Filarmonica of Verona. When Brusasorci died in 1605, Turchi and his fellow painterPasquale Ottino completed a series of their deceased master's canvases. In 1610, he completed anAssumption altarpiece for the church of San Luca of Verona. In 1612, the Veronese Guild of the Goldsmiths commissioned from Turchi an altarpiece, today lost, of theMadonna and Saints. On leaving the school of Riccio, he went toVenice, where he worked for a time under Carlo Cagliari.
By 1616, Turchi traveled to Rome and participated in the fresco decoration depicting theGathering of Manna for the Sala Reggia of theQuirinal Palace, and painting aChrist, Magdalen, and Angels for cardinalScipione Borghese.[1] In competition withAndrea Sacchi andPietro da Cortona, he painted some pictures in the church ofSanta Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini. In 1619, he sent an altarpiece of the40 martyrs for the Chapel of the Innocents in the church ofSanto Stefano, Verona, to hang next to paintings by Pasquale Ottino andMarcantonio Bassetti. He also painted aFlight into Egypt for the church ofSan Romualdo, Rome; aHoly Family forSan Lorenzo in Lucina; and aSan Carlo Borromeo inSan Salvatore in Lauro. He was much employed on cabinet pictures, representing historical subjects, which he frequently painted on black marble. Among his pupils,Giovanni Ceschini andGiovanni Battista Rossi (il Gobbino), practiced inVerona, the former painting copies of his master's works, which were often taken for originals.
For the Count Giangiacomo Giusti, in 1620 he painted anAllegory of Fame between Mercury and Pallas Athena and three canvases ofFaith,Hope, andCharity. In 1621 he executed for French cardinalFrançois de Sourdis theResurrection of Christ, now in the cathedral of Sant'Andrea of Bordeaux, and theAdoration of the Magi for theGherardini family in Verona. By 1621, he had completed a painting ofSan Carlo Borromeo and the Madonna in Glory forSan Salvatore in Lauro in Rome. Documents from 1629 indicate that Turchi was paid 110 scudi for paintingSt. Anthony of Padua for theFarnese Palace atCaprarola. In 1632, an inventory of thePalazzo Mattei di Giove, records aSaint Marta and Maria Madalena and aSamaritan Women by Turchi.
His sister marriedGiacinto Gimignani. In 1623, Turchi married Lucia San Giuliano. In 1637, with the sponsorship of the cardinalFrancesco Barberini, he became Principe or director of theAccademia di San Luca. In 1638, he joined the papal guild of artists, called thePontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon. He died in Rome in 1649.
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