Pietro da CortonaItalian, 1596–1669Kopf der Maria
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Kopf der Maria” now? Collection: Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig. Unknown.
Braunschweig, Germany
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
- Image: Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
In the life of Pietro da Cortona
The whole life1614–1669 · Workplace
Rome
early 1620s
Meets Marcello Sacchetti
His acquaintance with the Marchese Marcello Sacchetti, later papal treasurer, proved decisive for his early career: it was his copy of Raphael's “Galatea” that caught Sacchetti's eye. For Sacchetti Pietro painted “The Sacrifice of Polyxena” and “The Triumph of Bacchus” (now in the Capitoline Museums), and through him he met the poet Giambattista Marino.
1622–1623
Frescoes in the Palazzo Mattei
Under the direction of Agostino Ciampelli, Pietro took part in the fresco decoration of the Palazzo Mattei in Rome — the Mattei family were among his first patrons.
