Timeline · 1625 Born

Born this day: Carlo Maratta

Birth · 1625

Carlo Maratta was a prominent Italian Baroque painter and draughtsman, known for his work in various genres, including history and portrait painting, and his classicizing style in the Italian Late Baroque. He was the leading painter in Rome in the second half of the 17th century, working for notable clients such as popes.

Maratta's classicizing style had a lasting impact on the development of Italian art in the Late Baroque period.

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