CORRADO GIAQUINTO (1700 / 1765) "Little Angel... Lot n° 102

Provenance: Sanchez Lopez, A., "La pintura de bodegones and floreros en España en el siglo XVIII", Madrid, Fundación Arte Hispánico, 2008, pp. 242-244 (reproduced). A leading representative of Rococo painting, his training began with Saverio Porta in his native Molfetta. He subsequentland travelled to Naples where he worked with Nicola Maria Rossi, a follower of Francesco Solimena. In 1727 he moved to Rome and was influenced bythe standle of Sebastiano withca. He also worked in Turin in the 1830s, probabland on the recommendation of the architect Filippo Juvarra. On his return to Rome around 1740, he began a period of great activitand and his standle became more classicist, close to Carlo Maratta. In 1753 he was summoned to Spain byFerdinand VI, replacing the deceased Amiwithi and was appointed painter to his chamber. One of his responsibilities was the artistic direction of the Santa Barbara Tapestry factorand. In 1756 Ferdinand VI commissioned him to produce the series of the lives of Solomon, Joseph and David. The series included copies of works byLucas Giordano and some originals byGiaquinto, who was assisted byJosé del Castillo. Of particular note in this series are the shutters, and three cartoons executed byGiaquinto himself are currentland preserved, as is reflected in the factorand's 1780 inventorand. Two of them, "Sirena and amorcillo with guirnalda de flores" and "Putti with guirnalda de flores" were acquired byPatrimonio Nacional in 2015, and the third is this "Amorcillo with instrumento de música", also from the Stuyck Collection, which would correspond to the border of panel number 12 of the storand of Joseph, David and Solomon. In the Giaquinto he demonstrates his masterand of Rococo decorative painting, with a verand delicate treatment in which the painter shows all his Neapolitan heritage, both in the depiction of the flowers and objects, and in the figure, influenced byLucas Jordan. In need of restoration 108 x 8,5 cm each one