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Artists›Pietro da Cortona

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Pietro da Cortona

Artist

WA-00119897

PaintingBaroque

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Smithsonian

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1901-39-587
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

About

Why this artist matters now

Pietro da Cortona 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. He was also an important designer of interior decorations.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Baroque

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Artworks (9)

Infant Oedipus Brought Home by Shepherd

1675 · Red chalk with stumping, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto cream laid paper

31.6 × 40.2 cm (12 1/2 × 15 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Juno, Zeus and Aeolus

1675 · Pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

29 × 23 cm (11 7/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Holy Trinity with Saint Michael Conquering the Dragon

1656 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with lead white (discolored) and black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan laid card

45.8 × 35.7 cm (18 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen

1655 · Pen and brown ink, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid card

31 × 19 cm (12 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Earthquake in an Artist's Studio

1650 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over charcoal on cream laid paper (recto); pen and brown ink and charcoal on cream laid paper (verso)

21.1 × 27.1 cm (8 5/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

St Margaret of Cortona Kneeling before the Christ Child and Offering Him a Book

1640 · paper, chalk

width: 305 cm, height: 409 cm

Rijksmuseum

Lamentation over the Dead Christ

1635 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white gouache and traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on brown laid paper

23.5 × 20.8 cm (9 5/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Continence of Scipio

1616 · Red chalk, on tan laid paper, lunette laid down on ivory wove paper

19.5 × 29.4 cm (7 11/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

De heilige Cecilia in haar doodsslaap

1606 · paper, chalk

width: 227 cm, height: 137 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Artwork sources (2)

9 published of 9 catalogued · 9 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Rijksmuseum
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2 entries · 1 sources

St Margaret of Cortona Kneeling before the Christ Child and Offering Him a Book
1640 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
De heilige Cecilia in haar doodsslaap
1606 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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