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CARRARI, Baldassare - b. ~1460 Forli, d. 1516 Forli - WGA

CARRARI, Baldassare

(b. ~1460 Forli, d. 1516 Forli)

Italian painter, also known as Baldassare Carrari the Younger. He was the son of Matteo, but a relative of the painter Baldassare Carrari the Elder (active c. 1354). He was active in both his native Forli and Ravenna from 1486 till his death.

Carrari was a pupil of the painter Niccolò Rondinelli. He is considered a distant follower of Melozzo da Forli, perhaps through contacts with Melozzo’s pupil, Marco Palmezzano, but his style was also influenced by Lorenzo Costa and Niccolò Rondinelli.

Deposition
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Deposition

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Entombment
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Entombment

This is a dramatic representation of the frequently painted subject. The painter concentrates on the figures omitting all other motifs, such as a landscape in the background.

The attribution to Carrari is not certain.

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The Arrest of Christ
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The Arrest of Christ

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The Holy Family with an Angel
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The Holy Family with an Angel

The subject of this painting is the celebration of Christ’s birth, although the infant Christ, who stands in his mother’s lap, seems much older than a newborn. The ass and ox on the left are traditional witnesses of Christ’s birth in the Bethlehem stable. The procession in the background signals a later event: the arrival of the wise men from the East to pay homage to the Messiah. The painting is spectacular for its many plant and animal details, each with a specific symbolic significance.

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