The New International Encyclopædia/Maratti, Carlo

MARATTI, mȧ-rät′tē̇ or MARATTA, Carlo, (1625-1713). An Italian painter, born at Camerano, May 13, 1625. He was a pupil of Andrea Sacchi, of the Roman school, and was influenced by the works of Raphael and the Carracci. Considered the most eminent painter in Rome, he long enjoyed the Papal patronage. In 1702-03 Clement XI. commissioned him to restore Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican, and Innocent XI. appointed him superintendent of the paintings in the Vatican. He died at Rome, December 15, 1713, while Prince of the Academy of Saint Luke. Most of his pictures are small easel paintings in oil, his best works being portraits. His design is academic, his color pleasing, his brush-handling weak; his style resembles that of Guido Reni, and lacks originality of character. He etched a number of important plates. Among his best paintings are the following: “Madonna,” Palazzo Doria, Rome; “Annunciation,” Turin Gallery; “Adoration of Shepherds,” Basel Museum; “Holy Night,” Dresden Museum; “Saint John at Patmos,” “Sleeping Child,” “Portrait of a Cardinal,” Old Pinakothek, Munich; “Presentation in the Temple,” “Portrait of Clement IX.,” Hermitage, Saint Petersburg; “Madonna in Glory,” “Hagar and Ishmael,” Madrid Museum; portrait of Cardinal Cerri, National Gallery, London.