Carlo Innocenzo Carlone or Carloni (1686–1775) was an Italian painter and engraver, active especially in Germany.

Biography

He was a native of Scaria, near

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, in

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, but may have been from the

Carloni Carloni is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alessandro Carloni (born 1978), American animator *Ester Carloni (1897–1998), Italian actress *Giancarlo Carloni (born 1947), Italian footballer *Ida Carloni Talli (1860–1 ...

family of Genoese painters. He was the son of a sculptor, but he preferred painting, and was placed under the care of Giulio Quaglio. He subsequently trained also with Giovanni Battista Colomba.Dictionary of Brescian painters.
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and at Rome, with

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until he was 23 years of age, when he visited Germany, where he has left works in oil and in fresco at

Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a Cities of Germany, city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg (district), Lu ...

Passau Passau (; ) is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the ("City of Three Rivers"), as the river Danube is joined by the Inn (river), Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north. Passau's population is about 50,000, of whom ...

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, Breslau,

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, and

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. He painted large decorative

fresco Fresco ( or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting become ...

cycles for palaces in

and

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. For example, Carlone is known for painting the ceiling images in the ''Upper Belvedere'' of the Belvedere palace complex. His ''The Glorification of Saints Felix and Adauctus'' (1759–1761) was commissioned for the

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of the church of ''San Felice del Benaco'' on

Lake Garda Lake Garda (, , or , ; ; ) is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location in northern Italy, between Brescia and Milan to the west, and Verona and Venice to the east. The lake cuts into the edge of the Eastern Alps, Italian Alp ...

. He died at

Santa Afra pennacchio Evangelista Giovanni Brescia

Works

As an engraver he has left the following plates, mostly from his own compositions: *''Conception of the Virgin''. *''The Holy Family, with St. John kissing the Foot of Jesus''. *''St Charles Borromeo meeting the Plague-stricken''. *''The Death of a Saint''. *''Allegorical subject of Opulence'', for a ceiling. *''Figure with a Crown'', another subject for a ceiling. *''Group of Children with a Basket of Flowers''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carlone, Carlo Innocenzo 1686 births 1775 deaths People from the Province of Como 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Rococo painters Fresco painters Catholic painters Catholic engravers 18th-century Italian male artists

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