Research Catalog

Title

Giacomo Ceruti : a compassionate eye / edited by Davide Gasparotto ; with contributions by Lorenzo Coccoli, Roberta D'Adda, Francesco Frangi, and Alessandro Morandotti.

Publication

• Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2023]
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gasparotto, Davide
• Coccoli, Lorenzo, 1985-
• D'Adda, Roberta
• Frangi, Francesco
• Morandotti, Alessandro
• Ceruti, Giacomo, 1698-1767
• J. Paul Getty Museum, host institution, issuing body, organizer.
• Fondazione Brescia Musei, organizer.

Description

xi, 114 pages : color illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

"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.

Uniform Title

Giacomo Ceruti (J. Paul Getty Museum)

Subject

• Ceruti, Giacomo, 1698-1767 > Exhibitions
• Ceruti, Giacomo, 1698-1767
• Poor in art > Exhibitions
• Poverty in art > Exhibitions
• Poor in art
• Poverty in art

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

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.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-109) and index.

Contents

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.

Call Number

JQF 24-493

ISBN

• 9781606068366
• 1606068369

LCCN

2023930950

OCLC

1374560937

Title

Giacomo Ceruti : a compassionate eye / edited by Davide Gasparotto ; with contributions by Lorenzo Coccoli, Roberta D'Adda, Francesco Frangi, and Alessandro Morandotti.

Publisher

Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2023]

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-109) and index.

Added Author

Gasparotto, Davide, editor. Editor

Coccoli, Lorenzo, 1985- contributor. Contributor

D'Adda, Roberta, contributor. Contributor

Frangi, Francesco, contributor. Contributor

Morandotti, Alessandro, contributor. Contributor

Ceruti, Giacomo, 1698-1767, artist. Artist

J. Paul Getty Museum, host institution, issuing body, organizer.

Fondazione Brescia Musei, organizer.

Research Call Number

JQF 24-493