Giacomo Cavedone
Giacomo Cavedone (also called Giacomo Cavedoni; 1577–1660) was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School.
Also recorded as Cavedone Bolognese · Iacopo Cavedoni · Jacopo Cavedone · Giacomo Cavedoni
Giacomo Cavedone

Giacomo Cavedone · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Delia E. Holden Fund · CC0
- Born
- 1577 · Sassuolo.
- Died
- 1660 · Bologna.
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson · artist
- Known for
- Madonna and Child in Glory with Saints Eligius and Petronius
- Languages
- Italian
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Giacomo Cavedone (also called Giacomo Cavedoni; 1577–1660) was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School.
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Giacomo Cavedone (1577–1660) was an artist, draftsperson and painter, among other activities. The artist was born in Sassuolo and died in Bologna. Giacomo Cavedone worked in Bologna, Modena and Rome, among others.
Languages used include Italian. Works are held at Art Institute of Chicago, Museo del Prado and National Gallery of Victoria, among others.
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Life
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The recorded working language is Italian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Bologna, Rome and Modena. Works named in the authority record are Madonna and Child in Glory with Saints Eligius and Petronius. Work by Giacomo Cavedone is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria, Museo del Prado, Art Institute of Chicago, Nationalmuseum and Städel Museum.
• Illustration — The Ascention of Christ, c. 1640, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles He belonged to the generation of Carracci-inspired or trained painters that included Giovanni Andrea Donducci (Mastelletta); Alessandro Tiarini, Lucio Massari, Leonello Spada and Lorenzo Garbieri. He was born in Sassuolo, near Modena, and was able to obtain a three-year stipend to apprentice with Bernardino Baldi and Annibale Carracci. In the autumn of 1609, he sojourned in Rome for a year to work under Guido Reni, and is known to have worked in Venice from 1612 to 1613. He became one of Ludovico Carracci's primary assistants, and upon Ludovico's death in 1619 became Caposindaco of the Accademia degli Incamminati. His career as a painter was cut short by a set of misfortunes; these included a 1623 fall from a church scaffold and, in 1630, the death of his wife and children from the plague. The 1911 Britannica (where he is incorrectly called Jacopo Cavendone) says his wife was accused of witchcraft. He lived until 1660, and died in poverty. • Illustration — Virgin and Child in Glory with Saints Petronio and Alo His principal works are the Adoration of the Magi,[1] the Four Doctors, Last Supper; and his masterpiece, the large altar painting in the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Virgin and Child in Glory with Saints Petronio and Alo (1614).[2] This painting was originally made for the chapel of the guild of metal-workers in church of the Mendicanti. While this painting has a traditional Ludovico Carracci-inspired structure, with a Madonna and her wafting robes hovering above donors, it also has an unusually rich Titianesque coloring for an Emilian painter.[3] Among his pupils were Giovanni Andrea Sirani, Giovanni Battista Cavazza, Ottavio Corradi, and Flaminio Torre.[4]
Partial anthology
Partial anthology
• Saint Stephen in Glory, (1601, Galleria Estense, Modena) • Deposition, (Santuario di Caravaggio) • Death of Saint Peter Martyr, (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna) • Baptism of Christ, (1611–12, San Pietro Martire, Modena) • Virgin and Child with Saints Petronio and Alo, (1614, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna) • Discovery of Miraculous Crucifix of Beirut, (1622, San Salvatore, Bologna) • Adoration of the Shepherds and Adoration of the Magi, (San Paolo Maggiore, Bologna) • Seated Warrior Holding a Sword and Shield, (drawing, c. 1612, National Gallery of Art) • Sketch for The Last Supper; verso: The Conversion of St. Paul, Fogg Art Museum) • The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes (drawing, 1611–1614, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge) • Judith of Holofernes & Complaint of Job

Saint Cecilia: she enables the bodies of Christian martyrs to be buried. Engraving by G. Fabbri after D.M. Fratta after G. Cavedone., 1776, by Giacomo Cavedone
Giacomo Cavedone · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection

The Virgin Mary and Christ child with Eloi (Eligius), bishop of Oise (and patron saint of Bologna). Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Cavedone, 1614., by Giacomo Cavedone
Giacomo Cavedone · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
Life and career
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Life and career
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1577
Giacomo Cavedone was born on 14 April 1577.
1660
Giacomo Cavedone died on 1 January 1660.
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Sassuolo.
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Bologna.
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scholarly publication
- Cavedone, Giacomo, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2704031: Giacomo Cavedone
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- “Giacomo Cavedone”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.The Adoration of the Magi was painted for the Capella Arrigoni is San Paolo Maggiore, Bologna, as stated by Cesare Malvasia in Felsina Pittrice, page 216.
- 2."Madonna col Bambino in gloria e i Santi Alò e Petronio", La Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
- 3.I migliori dipinti della Reale Pinacoteca di Bologna, by Francesco Malaguzzi Valeri; Published by Nicola Zanichelli, Bologna, 1919; table 55
- 4.Hobbes, James R. Picture collector's manual adapted to the professional man, and the amateur. T&W Boone. 48. 1849.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- The Art of Corregio and the Carracci. Monograph (1986-7)
- Wittkower, Rudolf. Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750. Penguin Books. 92–94. 1993.
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Cavedone, Giacomo, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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The authorities additionally record the headings Cavedone Bolognese, Iacopo Cavedoni, Jacopo Cavedone, Giacomo Cavedoni and Jacques Cavedon. His recorded language was Italian. Works and catalogued output.
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Work by Giacomo Cavedone is
National Gallery of Victoria, Museo del Prado, Art Institute of Chicago and Nationalmuseum
Ascension of Christ
1640 · Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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