Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)
Italian Artist · 1596–1669
14 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture
In combining architecture, painting, and sculpture to act on viewers' emotions, Pietro da Cortona was the quintessential practitioner of the High Baroque style. Born in Cortona, he studied in Florence and then Rome, learning to paint primarily by teaching himself. Painter, architect, and sculpture designer, the energetic Pietro always worked simultaneously on architectural and decorative projects.
Works
View as IIIF ↗Christ Appearing to Mary in the Garden
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1766
#369374
Christ on the Cross with the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Saint John
Getty Museum · about 1661
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Cybele before the Council of the Gods
Getty Museum · 1633
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God the Father with Angels Holding Symbols of the Passion
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1647–51
#338557
Landscape with Wine Harvest
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1630
#359594
Saint Cecilia Giving Alms to the Poor
Getty Museum · about 1635–1640
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Satyrs Supporting an Ornamental Motif
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1596–1669
#338543
Sea Battle
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1596–1669
#338555
St. Michael Expurging Heresy
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1596–1669
#344796
Study for Angels Sealing the Foreheads of the Children of Israel in Saint Peter's Basilica
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1652
#338556
Study for the Allegory of Religion
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1629–39
#338554
The holy trinity with Saint Michael vanquishing a six-headed dragon, frontispiece to 'Missale Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti Concilii tridentini restitutum'
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1662
#391961
The Triumph of Nature Over Art (design for an engraving of 'De Florum Cultura')
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1633
#338547
The Virgin and Child with Saint Martina, Another Study of Saint Martina, Studies of a Head, and of an Arcade (recto); Figure Studies (verso)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1596–1669
#338538