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Jacopo Guarana
Oracoli....

1792

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JACOPO GUARANA. (1720 – 1808). “Oracoli auguri, aruspici, sibille, indovini della religione pagna.” Venice, 1792. Engraving with modern hand-coloring. 12” x 14.5” unframed. Truly a native son, Jacopo Guarana spent his entire 88 years of life in Venice, his birthplace. And what a wondrous and productive life it was! Throughout his career Jacopo followed the great Venetian decorative artists of the 18th century. His first studies were with Sebastiano Ricci, and later with the illustrious Giambattista Tiepolo. In 1756, at the age of 36, Guarana became a member of the Accademia in Venice. There is much documentation of his travels through Italy where he decorated the domes and ceilings of both palaces and churches. Of his works, perhaps the most notable are the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas, done in 1755, and the Assumption of the Virgin, in 1758. His frescoes can be found in churches and palaces from Venice, Ca’Rezzonico and Palazzo Balbi, across the mainland, Villa Pisani at Stra, Villa Contarini-Rota in Valnogaredo, and the Villa Contarini in Cinto Eugeneo. It is said his work is very much in the style of Tiepolo, but with a somewhat lighter palette. The “Oracoli….” was published in Venice in 1792, in his seventy-second year. It presents a gallery of ancient sibyls and oracles in a very elegant manner. A decorative border surrounds each engraving. The coloring is in keeping with the 18th century style and pigment. Their beauty is as extraordinary as are the subjects themselves. One truly feels the emotions which Italians pour into their art. Grove Dictionary of Art. Macmillian Publisher Limited. New York, 2000
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