This paper aims to cast new light on Anton Domenico Gabbiani’s first sojourn in Venice, which took place between 1678 and 1681, by following the two main biographies of the artist, written by Ignazio Enrico Hugford and Francesco Saverio Baldinucci, and by analysing new archival documents. Specific attention is given to the constant study of artworks by the great Venetian masters of the Sixteenth century, especially Titian, to whom Gabbiani devoted himself also in his later years, copying famous masterpieces of the Cadore painter. Through some unpublished drawings of the Uffizi and new or little-known paintings, the Venetian component of Gabbiani’s style is identified in the way of composing and in the execution of airy and light figures. The highlights and intense Venetian colorism contributed to the creation of sophisticated chiaroscuro modulations expressed in the mimetic rendering of animals and landscape settings.
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Chapter Title
L’esperienza formativa di Anton Domenico Gabbiani a Venezia. Disegni e dipinti inediti
Authors
Laura Morelli
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-181-5.08
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Publication Year
2020
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© 2020 Author(s)
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Book Title
Donum
Book Subtitle
Studi di storia della pittura, della scultura e del collezionismo a Firenze dal Cinquecento al Settecento
Editors
Marco Betti, Carlotta Paola Brovadan
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Number of Pages
308
Publication Year
2020
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© 2020 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-181-5
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-180-8
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-181-5
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919