Corrado Giaquinto, 1703 Molfetta – 1765 Neape... Lot n° 256

THE DREAM OF JOSEPH Oil on canvas. Doubled. 100 x 76 cm. In a bronzed frame. Accompanied by an expertise by Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri, Rome, June 28, 2019 and by Giacomo Lanzilotta, Bari, in copy. The painting depicts the moment described in the Gospel of Matthew, in which the angel of God speaks to Joseph in a dream: "Do not be afraid to take Mary your wife, for what she has conceived is from the Holy Spirit. And she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins (Mt 1:21-22). In order to unite the three levels of experience in one picture, Corrado shows Joseph sleeping at the bottom right, the angel from whom the revelation emanates above him on the left, and Mary, the object of the dream, on the left in the middle ground on a gallery that can be reached via a staircase. What is interesting here is the figurative vocabulary that the artist uses to make the viewer understand that he is dealing with a miraculous, spiritual, not physical experience. For example, putti are shown in the top right, the Holy Spirit hovers over Mary in the form of a dove and an honorary velum hovers over her. A painting of the same subject is kept in the Pinacoteca civica di Montefortino and is slightly smaller. Literature: Cf. Corrado Giaquinto, Atti del il Convegno internazionale di studi, Pietro Amato (ed.), Molfetta 1985. Cf. Mario D'Orsi, Corrado Giaquinto, Rome 1958. Cf. Corrado Giaquinto. Capolavori delle corti in Europa, exhibition catalog, Milan and Florence 1993. Cf. S. A. Meyer, Giaquinto, Corrado, voce in dizionario, vol. LIV, Rome 2000. Cf. Pietro Amato, Corrado Giaquinto, Rome 2002. Cf. Corrado Giaquinto: Il cielo e la terra, exhibition catalog, December 9, 2005-March 15, 2006 (1400591) (13). Corrado Giaquinto, 1703 Molfetta - 1765 Naples THE DREAM OF SAINT JOSEPH Oil on canvas. Relined. 100 x 76 cm. Accompanied by an expert's report by Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri, Rome, 28 June 2019 and Giacomo Lanzilotta, Bari, n.d., in copy. A painting of the same subject is held at the Pinacoteca civica di Montefortino with slightly smaller dimensions. Literature: cf. P. Amato (ed.), Corrado Giaquinto: atti del il convegno internazionale di studi, Molfetta 1985. cf. M. d'Orsi, Corrado Giaquinto, Rome 1958. cf. Corrado Giaquinto. Capolavori dalle corti in Europa, exhibition catalog, Milan, and Florence 1993. cf. S. A. Meyer, Giaquinto, Corrado, voce in dizionario, vol. LIV, Rome 2000. cf. P. Amato, Corrado Giaquinto, Rome 2002. cf. Corrado Giaquinto: Il cielo e la terra, exhibition catalog, December 9, 2005 - March 15, 2006.