Giovanni Battista Gaulli, 1677 - Sketch forThe Four Prophets of Israel(for Il Gesù, Rome) - fine art print

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This small painting represents the four prophets of Israel: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. It is one of seven oil sketches made in preparation for the decoration of the four pendentives in the Jesuit Church of the Gesù in Rome. The artist, one of the most prominent large-scale decorative painters in Rome, is known for his grand painting of the vault of the Gesù. Gaulli followed the Italian decorative tradition by preparing this sketch, called a bozzetto, to work out his ideas before the final fresco was painted. Fresco painting was the most desirable media for public and private locations, created by mixing dry pigment into wet plaster. They are an ideal permanent decoration; however, the process is tedious and thorough preparation is essential to ensure high quality. Oil sketches would aid the artist in creating a final composition and choosing their palette and would be particularly helpful for awkward spacings such as the pendentive, an inverted triangle. In this scene, Gaulli changed his initial composition for the final presco, balanceing the four prophets and young putti, with the young Daniel as the most prominent figure motioning towards the dome.

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In 1677 Giovanni Battista Gaulli painted the 17th century piece of art "Sketch forThe Four Prophets of Israel(for Il Gesù, Rome)". The original was painted with the following size: Framed: 81,3 x 68 x 9 cm (32 x 26 3/4 x 3 9/16 in); Unframed: 67,3 x 55 cm (26 1/2 x 21 5/8 in) and was crafted with the technique oil on canvas. Moveover, this artwork forms part of the The Cleveland Museum of Art's digital collection, which is one of the leading museums worldwide that builds, preserves, studies, and shares its outstanding collections of art from all periods and parts of the world, generating new scholarship and understanding, while serving as a social and intellectual hub for its community. With courtesy of The Cleveland Museum of Art (license - public domain). The creditline of the artpiece is: John L. Severance Fund. Furthermore, alignment is portrait with a ratio of 1 : 1.2, which means that the length is 20% shorter than the width. The painter, sculptor Giovanni Battista Gaulli was a European artist from Italy, whose art style can be attributed mainly to Baroque. The European artist lived for 70 years - born in 1639 in Genoa, Genova province, Liguria, Italy and deceased in 1709.

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