Lot 10: The Mater Dolorosa with a Weeping Putto

Tarchiani, Filippo Castello 1576 - Florenz 1645
The Mater Dolorosa with a Weeping Putto
Oil/canvas, 71,5 x 67,5 cm, some rest., relined.

Italian painter. T. learned in the studios of A. Ciampelli a. G. Pagani, possibly also in the studio of Santi di Tito. 1601-07 he worked in Rome. He painted many altarpieces for Tuscan churches. His paintings merge the Florentine classicism of Santi di Tito with the dramatic effects of light in the work of Caravaggio which T. saw in Rome