Pair of paintings depicting architectural capricci with a Bacchic scene and a sacrificial scene, Alberto Carlieri (Rome 1672-1720)

Pair of paintings depicting architectural capricci with a Bacchic scene and a sacrificial scene, Alberto Carlieri (Rome 1672-1720) Oil on canvas; Dimensions: canvases cm H 73.5 x W 97. Frame: cm W 118.5 x H 94.5 x D 5 Formerly Rome, Galleria Lampronti Price: private negotiation Subject accompanied by our certificate of authenticity The valuable pair of paintings, executed in oil on canvas and presented within matching carved and gilded wooden frames, depict architectural capricci enlivened by figures and scenes of classical taste. The works, attributed to Alberto Carlieri, are published in Giancarlo Sestieri's volume 'Il Capriccio Architettonico'. The canvases are titled as follows: Bacchic scene with Bacchus on a donkey, dancing maidens and musicians, cherubs with flowers. Ionic palace courtyard with a ruined upper cornice with statues and vases. To the right, a large amphora-shaped vase sculpted in bas-relief. Sacrificial scene in a composite palace atrium. Frontal archway and niches with female allegorical statues between the arches. The works, painted with great refinement even in the details and small figures, fully express the artistic style of the renowned Roman painter Alberto Carlieri (Rome, 1672-1720), the most appreciated and sought-after artist in Rome between the death of Giovanni Ghisolfi (Milan 1623-1683) and the rise of Giovanni Paolo Panini (Piacenza 1691 – Rome 1765). Carlieri was born in Rome in 1672 and began studying architectural painting under Giuseppe de Marchis. He became a student and later a collaborator of Andrea Pozzo. Present in the most illustrious Roman collections, such as those of Filippo II Colonna, the Rospigliosi, and Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga, Carlieri developed easily recognizable compositional models, influenced not only by his master's painting but also by that of Viviano and Nicolò Codazzi. His pictorial activity can be traced through signed works, around which it has been possible to build a substantial catalog of his canvases. Information about Carlieri and his signed or dated works spans approximately from 1690 to 1720. Little is known about the painter's life, who is believed to have died in Rome shortly after 1720. The works are in excellent condition and have been relined recently. High-resolution images are available upon request. Bibliography: Il Capriccio Architettonico in Italia nel XVII e XVIII secolo, by Giancarlo Sestieri, EtGraphiae, 2015, p. 198