Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Art & architecture Artists

Cavedoni, Giacomo

Italian original Cite

Also known as: Italian: Giacomo Cavedone, Jacopo Cavedoni

CAVEDONI, GIACOMO. - Painter, b. at Sassuolo in 1577, d. at Bologna in 1660. He ingeniously managed to fuse with the Carraccesque principles of his artistic education the influences he underwent in Venice in 1603; aided in this by a lively sense of color, which allowed him, at times, to achieve admirable chromatic effects.

His best works are, in fact, those in which Venetian characteristics predominate, such as the St. Paul, the Nativity, the Adoration of the Magi (1612-13), the Virgin and St. Alò (1621-1622), the Miracle of the Supper, considered his masterpiece, all preserved in Bologna. In Modena there remain in the Gallery an early Carraccesque work, the St. Stephen, and in St. Peter's the Baptism of Christ.

Bibliography2 works

BIBL.: B. Brizio, s. v. in Thieme-Becker, VI, p. 233; G. Zucchini, Un affresco ignorato del C., in L'Archiginnasio, 9 (1916), p. 257.

Maria Donati

About this entry

By Maria Donati

How we know signed in print

Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), coll. 1211–1212.

More by Maria Donati: Carminati, Antonio · Caniana, Gian Battista · Bonsignori (Monsignori), Girolamo · Benefial, Marco · Belbello da Pavia (Luchino B.)

Cite this article

Chicago

Donati, Maria. “Cavedoni, giacomo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, coll. 1211–1212. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/cavedoni-giacomo.

MLA

Donati, Maria. “Cavedoni, giacomo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 1211–1212. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cavedoni-giacomo.

BibTeX

@incollection{ec3_cavedoni_giacomo,
  author    = {Donati, Maria},
  title     = {Cavedoni, giacomo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1211--1212},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/cavedoni-giacomo}
}

One of some 20,000 entries brought back from the twelve printed volumes (1948–54). Spotted something? Help us improve it.