Contributor
Gasparotto, Davide, editor.
ImprintLos Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2023]
Imprint2023
Descriptionxi, 114 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Note:"This publication is issued on the occasion of the exhibition ... on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from July 18 to October 29, 2023. The exhibition is co-organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and Fondazione Brescia Musei. 'Miseria nobiltà: Giacomo Ceruti nell'Europa del Settecento' is on view at the Museo di Santa Giulia in Brescia, Italy, from February 14 to May 28, 2023."--Colophon.
Note:Giacomo Ceruti : a profile / Francesco Frangi and Alessandro Morandotti -- From Caravaggio to Ceruti : picturing the social margins / Roberta D'Adda and Davide Gasparotto -- The plural poor : the universe of poverties in early modern Europe / Lorenzo Coccoli -- Catalogue.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-109) and index.
Note:"Giacomo Ceruti (1698-1767) was born in Milan and active in Northern Italy between Lombardy and the Veneto. For his distinctive, large-scale paintings of low income tradespeople and individuals experiencing homelessness, whom he portrayed with dignity and sympathy, Ceruti came to be known as Il Pitocchetto (the little beggar). Accompanying the first US exhibition to focus solely on Ceruti, this publication explores relationships between art, patronage, and economic inequality in early modern Europe, considering why these paintings were commissioned and by whom, where such works were exhibited, and what they signified to contemporary audiences. Essays and a generous plate section contextualize and closely examine Ceruti's pictures of laborers and the unhoused, whom he presented as protagonists with distinct stories rather than as generic types. Topics include depictions of marginalized subjects in the history of early modern European art, the career of the artist and his place in the history of European painting, and the period discourses around poverty and social support. A detailed exhibition checklist, complete with provenance, exhibition history, and bibliography, provides information critical for the further understanding of Ceruti's oeuvre."--Front cover flap.
