Image: Francesca Gommi Maratta, by Carlo Maratta
Description: "In 1700 Carlo Maratti’s wife died, permitting him to marry his longtime 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." Cleveland Museum of Art
Title: Portrait of Francesca Gommi Maratti title QS:P1476,en:"Portrait of Francesca Gommi Maratti " label QS:Len,"Portrait of Francesca Gommi Maratti "
Credit: Sotheby's
Author: Carlo Maratta
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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