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Pietro LiberiVenus and Amor, 1658/59 oil on canvas; 134 × 103 cm(according to the inscription on the

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Pietro LiberiVenus and Amor, 1658/59 oil on canvas; 134 × 103 cm(according to the inscription on the
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Wien
Pietro Liberi
Venus and Amor, 1658/59

oil on canvas; 134 × 103 cm
(according to the inscription on the reverse) Collection Basti de Saint Pallaye, Paris;
Sale Christie's, 14th March 1930, lot 146;
private property, Vienna
Certificate by Ugo Ruggeri, Venice, March 2016, is enclosed.



Pietro Liberi
Venus und Amor, 1658/59

Öl auf Leinwand; 134 × 103 cm
(laut rückseitiger Aufschrift) Sammlung Basti de Saint Pallaye, Paris;
Auktion Christie's, 14. März 1930, Lot 146;
Privatbesitz, Wien
Expertise Ugo Ruggeri, Venedig, März 2016 liegt bei.

Pietro Liberi erhielt seine erste Ausbildung bei dem ebenfalls aus Padua stammenden und in Venedig ein erfolgreiches Atelier führenden Alessandro Varotari. Nach jugendlichen Studienreisen in Rom und Florenz kehrt Liberi in den 1640er Jahren nach Venedig zurück und entwickelte seinen ganz eigenen Stil, spezialisiert auf erotisierende Themen. In unzähligen Werken stellte Liberi Episoden aus der antiken Mythologie dar. Figuren wie Bacchus, die drei Grazien, allegorische Figuren und besonders Venus standen im Zentrum seiner Darstellungen, in denen vor allem die sinnlichen Körper in ihrer monumentalen Präsenz im Vordergrund stehen. Luftige Draperien, leidenschaftliche Gesichtsausdrücke, zarte Berührungen und elegante Gesten machen die besondere erotisierende Stimmung in seinen Gemälden aus.

Prof. Ruggeri datiert das vorliegende Gemälde in die Zeit von Pietro Liberis Wien-Aufenthalt in den Jahren um 1658/59. Gerade in dieser künstlerischen Reifezeit erlangte Liberi durch den habsburgischen Kunstmäzen, Erzherzog Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich, seine internationale Anerkennung. Ein ebenfalls "Venus und Amor" thematisierendes Werk befindet sich im Kunsthistorischen Museum Wien (Inv.-Nr. 1772; vgl. Ugo Ruggeri, Pietro e Marco Liberi. Pittoru nella Venezia del Seicento, Rimini 1995, Kat.-Nr. P50).
In Lichtführung und Strich gilt Paolo Veronese als eines seiner großen Vorbilder. Dies ist laut Prof. Ugo Ruggeri sowohl in vorliegendem Gemälde, als auch beispielsweise in dem Werk " Estati della Magdalena" in der Eremitage in Sankt Petersburg zu erkennen (vgl. U. Ruggeri, Pietro e Marco Liberi. Pittoru nella Venezia del Seicento, Rimini 1995, Kat.-Nr. P150).
Pietro Liberi
Venus and Amor, 1658/59

oil on canvas; 134 × 103 cm
(according to the inscription on the reverse) Collection Basti de Saint Pallaye, Paris;
Sale Christie's, 14th March 1930, lot 146;
private property, Vienna
Certificate by Ugo Ruggeri, Venice, March 2016, is enclosed.



Pietro Liberi
Venus und Amor, 1658/59

Öl auf Leinwand; 134 × 103 cm
(laut rückseitiger Aufschrift) Sammlung Basti de Saint Pallaye, Paris;
Auktion Christie's, 14. März 1930, Lot 146;
Privatbesitz, Wien
Expertise Ugo Ruggeri, Venedig, März 2016 liegt bei.

Pietro Liberi erhielt seine erste Ausbildung bei dem ebenfalls aus Padua stammenden und in Venedig ein erfolgreiches Atelier führenden Alessandro Varotari. Nach jugendlichen Studienreisen in Rom und Florenz kehrt Liberi in den 1640er Jahren nach Venedig zurück und entwickelte seinen ganz eigenen Stil, spezialisiert auf erotisierende Themen. In unzähligen Werken stellte Liberi Episoden aus der antiken Mythologie dar. Figuren wie Bacchus, die drei Grazien, allegorische Figuren und besonders Venus standen im Zentrum seiner Darstellungen, in denen vor allem die sinnlichen Körper in ihrer monumentalen Präsenz im Vordergrund stehen. Luftige Draperien, leidenschaftliche Gesichtsausdrücke, zarte Berührungen und elegante Gesten machen die besondere erotisierende Stimmung in seinen Gemälden aus.

Prof. Ruggeri datiert das vorliegende Gemälde in die Zeit von Pietro Liberis Wien-Aufenthalt in den Jahren um 1658/59. Gerade in dieser künstlerischen Reifezeit erlangte Liberi durch den habsburgischen Kunstmäzen, Erzherzog Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich, seine internationale Anerkennung. Ein ebenfalls "Venus und Amor" thematisierendes Werk befindet sich im Kunsthistorischen Museum Wien (Inv.-Nr. 1772; vgl. Ugo Ruggeri, Pietro e Marco Liberi. Pittoru nella Venezia del Seicento, Rimini 1995, Kat.-Nr. P50).
In Lichtführung und Strich gilt Paolo Veronese als eines seiner großen Vorbilder. Dies ist laut Prof. Ugo Ruggeri sowohl in vorliegendem Gemälde, als auch beispielsweise in dem Werk " Estati della Magdalena" in der Eremitage in Sankt Petersburg zu erkennen (vgl. U. Ruggeri, Pietro e Marco Liberi. Pittoru nella Venezia del Seicento, Rimini 1995, Kat.-Nr. P150).

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