PROCACCINI, GIULIO CESARE - Marriage of St. Catherine - Milan, Pinacoteca di Brera.
CAMILLO, the eldest of his sons in age, born in Bologna between 1550 and 1560, died in Milan on 21 August 1626, educated in art by his father, reveals a more intimate and assimilated knowledge of Parmigianino (which also appears in his rare engravings) and of Baroccio. He worked in Reggio (frescoes in the apse of S. Prospero, from 1585–87, and in the vault, from 1597–98), and in various churches of Piacenza, where, in contact with the art of Pordenone, he attempted to enlarge his manner and to impart dramatic movement to his compositions. He left works in very numerous churches of Milan (the most extensive ensembles are in S. Maria del Carmine, S. Angelo, S. Vittore, etc.) and in other cities of Lombardy: Treviglio, Brescia, Lodi, etc.
GIULIO CESARE, born in Bologna ca. 1570, died in Milan on 11 November 1625, seems initially to have devoted himself to sculpture and then to have entered the Carracci academy, which he is said to have left after a quarrel with Annibale. He was the most remarkable and lively talent of the family. That his studies were directed more toward the school of Parma than toward the Bolognese is apparent in one of his most precious and significant works, the Marriage of St. Catherine at Brera; yet in him there is already an overcoming of Mannerist modes and a confident Baroque affirmation. Morazzone (v.), alongside whom he painted the altarpiece with the Martyrdom of the ss. Rufina and Seconda, he dominated Lombard painting in the early seventeenth century. An exceedingly prolific artist, he left works in Milan (S. Vittore, S. Maria presso S. Celso, S. Marco, S. Angelo, etc.), in Brescia (S. Maria in Calchera, S. Alra), in Genoa (S.ma Annunziata, S. Maria Assunta di Carignano, S. Stefano), and in Modena (Pinacoteca, from the church of S. Bartolomeo).
CARLO ANTONIO, another son of Ercole, born in Bologna, died in Milan ca. 1605, painted landscapes and still lifes for private clients, with great success at court, so much so that many works were sent to Spain. He was the father of ERCOLE IL GIOVANE, born in Milan in 1596, died in 1676. A pupil of Giulio Cesare, he worked in Milan and in various churches of Lombardy (Monza, Duomo; Bergamo, S. Maria Maggiore, etc.) and for the court of Turin.
pp. 321 ff.; Venturi, IX, 6, pp. 765 ff.; A. Foratti, s. V. in Thieme-Becker, XXVII, p. 413; C. Gamba, s. V. ENOCH. Ital., XXVIII, p. 272 f.; F. Wittgens, Per la cronol. di G. C. P., in Riv. d'arte, 15 (1933), pp. 35 ff. Emma Zocca