TIARINI, Alessandro
(b. 1577, Bologna, d. 1668, Bologna)

Vulcan Forges Arrows for Cupid

1622-24
Oil on canvas, 218 x 181 cm
Fondazione Pietro Manodori, Reggio Emilia

This painting was attributed to Lodovico Carracci until 1996 when it was ascribed to another artist, Alessandro Tiarini, also from Bologna but younger by a generation.

The influence of Lodovico's works on Tiarini can be seen in his ability to give even a mythical story an earthly, believable, and even everyday tone, which emerges in the familiar naturalness of gestures, poses, and sentiments.




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