Lecture 30: Italian Baroque Painting in Rome
Baciccio (Giovanni Battista Gaulli):
Adoration of the Holy Name of Jesus, 1674–79, apse fresco, Church of
Il Gesu, Rome, Italy.
Pietro da Cortona:
Divine Providence, 1633–39, fresco, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy.
Domenichino:
Last Communion of St. Jerome, 1614, oil on canvas, 13’ 9” x 8’ 4 ¾”
(4.1 x 2.6 m), Pinacoteca, Vatican Museums, Vatican State, Rome, Italy.
St. Cecilia Distributing Clothes to the Poor, 1615–17, fresco, St. Cecilia
Chapel, Church of S. Luigi dei Francesi, Rome, Italy.
St. George Killing the Dragon, c. 1610–15, oil on panel, 20 ¾ x 24 ¼”
(52.7 x 61.8 cm), National Gallery, London, Great Britain.
Guercino:
Aurora, 1621–23, fresco, Villa Ludovisi, Rome, Italy.
Shepherds in Arcady (Et in Arcadia Ego), c. 1618, oil on canvas,
32 ¼ x 35 ¾” (82 x 91 cm), Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica,
Rome, Italy.
Giovanni Lanfranco:
St. Charles Borromeo Ascending to Heaven, c. 1646–47, ceiling fresco,
Church of S. Carlo ai Catinari, Rome, Italy.
Guido Reni:
Aurora, 1612–14, ceiling fresco, Casino Rospigliosi, Palazzo Pallavicini,
Rome, Italy.
Cruci¿ xion of St. Peter, 1601–03, oil on panel, 10’ x 5’ 7 ¼” (3 x 1.7 m),
Pinacoteca, Vatican Museums, Vatican State, Rome, Italy.
Massacre of the Innocents, 1611–12, oil on canvas, 8’ 9 ½” x 5’ 7”
(2.7 x 1.7 m), Pinacoteca, Bologna, Italy.Works Discussed