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Pietro da Cortona (Italian: [ˈpjɛːtro da (k)korˈtoːna]; 1 November 1596 or 1597 [1] – 16 May 1669 [2]) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini , he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture .
Villa Sacchetti in a 17th century painting. The Villa Sacchetti, also called Castello Chigi, is a historical building at Castelfusano, near Ostia Antica, Rome, Italy.It was built in 1624-1629 for the Sacchetti family, close associates of Pope Urban VIII, and was the first architectural work of Pietro da Cortona. [1]
Cortona, a fellow Tuscan, designed the villa for his long-time patron. We can only reconstruct the villa from etchings, paintings, plans, and scant architectural ruins left, although the findings generally agree. The effort was the fruit of one of Cortona's first architectural designs. The house was built on a high plinth on a hillside.
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In 1634, Pietro da Cortona was elected president of the academy. Almost at once he began restoration of the crypt and, as was common at this time in Rome, buried remains were found and were attributed to the martyred Saint Martina. No doubt it was hoped that this would precipitate an influx of funds to shelter the relics in a new church.
Romulus and Remus Taken in by Faustulus (c. 1643) by Pietro da Cortona. Romulus and Remus Taken in by Faustulus (also known as Faustulus Entrusting Romulus and Remus to Larentia, Romulus and Remus Sheltered by Faustulus or Remus Discovered) is an oil on canvas painting by Pietro da Cortona, created c. 1643. It is held in the Louvre, in Paris.
The Death of Saint Alexius or Saint Alexius Dying is an oil on canvas painting by Pietro da Cortona, created c. 1638. It is held in the Saint Alexis chapel in the Girolamini, Naples . It shows the dying saint Alexius of Rome holding a letter welcomed by angels — he had left his family and returned to them at the moment of his death, with them ...
The History of Constantine is a series of tapestries designed by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens and Italian artist Pietro da Cortona depicting the life of Constantine I, the first Christian Roman emperor.