• Biography
    View works. Jacopo Amigoni, Putti che giocano con cane, 1725
    Putti che giocano con cane, 1725
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    Jacopo Amigoni (Venice, Italy 1682 – Madrid, Spain 1752)

    After completing his training in Venice, he spent most of his career abroad, travelling across Europe. His years in Germany were fundamental, where he adopted first the Rococo and then the English style. During this period, his paintings were inspired by mythology and history as well as producing portraits of the British monarchy and aristocracy.

    Now his paintings are characterised by light colours and pleasant configurations, with playful figures. Bright and extremely elegant canvases with a profound compositional clarity make Amigoni one of the greatest representatives of the Arcadian and Rococo eras.

    His style influenced Giuseppe Nogari, another renowned Rococo painter in the eighteenth century. His pupils included artists Charles Joseph Flipart, Michelangelo Morlaiter, Pietro Antonio Novelli, Joseph Wagner, and Antonio Zucchi.

    In 1747 he moved to Madrid to work as a portrait artist at the court of King Ferdinand VI, where he died in 1752.

    Photo UniCredit Group (Sebastiano Pellion di Persano)

     
  • Works
    • An oil painting of putti, the winged infants who either play the role of angelic spirits in religious artworks or act as instruments of profane love. They are often shown as associates of Cupid. They originated in Greek and Roman antiquity (the Latin word putus means little man). The putti seen here are playing with a dog.
      Putti che giocano con cane, 1725
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    • An oil painting of putti, the winged infants who either play the role of angelic spirits in religious artworks or act as instruments of profane love. They are often shown as associates of Cupid. They originated in Greek and Roman antiquity (the Latin word putus means little man). The putti seen here are playing with a rabbit.
      Putti che giocano con coniglio, 1725
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