Placido costanzi biography of william

  • Placido Costanzi was an Italian Old Masters painter who was born in 1702.
  • Placido Costanzi (1690 - 1759) was active/lived in Italy.
  • Costanzi painted three frescoes for this project, Charity, an Allegory of Virtues, and Intelligence.

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    Art in Eighteenth-Century Rome

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    Placido Costanzi
    Rome 1702–1759 Rome

    Study for ‘Charity’
    1727/28-31

    oil on canvas
    16 3/8 x 13 7/8 inches
    41.5 x 35.2 cm

     

    Provenance

    Christie’s, London, Important Old mästare Pictures, 4 July 1997, lot 365A, as ‘Italian School-Roman’
    with Walpole galleri, London
    Private Collection, United States

     

    Exhibited

    Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Splendor of 18th-Century Rome, 16 March – 28 May 2000; traveled to Houston, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Splendor of Rome: The 18th Century, 25 June–17 September 2000

     

    Bibliography

    Melissa L. Bryan, in Edgar Peters Bowron and Joseph J. Rishel, Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century, Philadelphia, 2000, exh. cat., p. 355, reproduced no. 207.

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    Young Cleric in a Cope Holding a Book

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    Title:Young Cleric in a Cope Holding a Book

    Artist:Placido Costanzi (Italian, Rome 1702–1759 Rome)

    Date:1702–59

    Medium:Black chalk, highlighted with white, on gray-washed paper

    Dimensions:14-1/2 x 10-3/16 in. (36.9 x 25.9 cm)

    Classification:Drawings

    Credit Line:Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1985

    Object Number:1985.215

    Inscription: Annotated in pen and brown ink at lower left, Costanzi.

    Jacques Petithory; Louis-Antoine Prat(his mark, P in a circle, not in Lugt); Nouveau Drouot, Paris- salle 2, Dec, 5, 1984, no. 16, repr.; Zangrilli, Brady and Co.

    New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," February 26–May 21, 2001.

    Jacob Bean "Curatorial Reports and Departmental Accessions: Drawings." in Annual Report of the Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 1, 1985 - June 30,

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    Title:Unidentified Subject

    Artist:Placido Costanzi (Italian, Rome 1702–1759 Rome)

    Date:1702–59

    Medium:Black chalk, highlighted with white, on gray-washed paper

    Dimensions:10-7/16 x 10-7/8 in. (26.5 x 27.7 cm)

    Classification:Drawings

    Credit Line:Purchase, David L. Klein Jr. Memorial Foundation Inc. and Mr. and Mrs. David T. Schiff Gifts, 1980

    Object Number:1980.282

    Inscription: Annotated in pen and brown ink at lower center of old mount, Placido Coitanzi; numbered in pen and brown ink on reverse of old mount, 104.

    Joyce Treiman; Marilyn Pink

    Master Prints and Drawings. Marilyn Pink. Exh. cat. Spring. Los Angeles, 1980.

    "Departmental Accessions: Drawings." in Annual Report of the Trustees of

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