Title
Portrait of Francesca Gommi Maratti, c. 1701. Creator: Carlo Maratti (Italian, 1625-1713).
Caption
Portrait of Francesca Gommi Maratti, c. 1701. In 1700 Carlo Maratti?s wife died, permitting him to marry his long-time mistress, Francesca Gommi, who began modeling for the artist in the 1670s and was the mother of his only child, Faustina. This painting was presumably painted shortly after the marriage as an homage from the artist to his new wife. To introduce an allegorical element into the composition, Maratti included a painting within a painting?in this case a drawing depicting Venus forging the love-darts of her adolescent son Cupid, suggesting that love will conquer all.
Date
0
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Reference
HRM19G00_234
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
115,4Mb (5,9Mb) / 18,4in x 24,3in / 5526 x 7299 (300dpi)