Cook Islands – 2010 – 20 Dollars – Carlo Maratta Holy Family [masterpieces of art series] (PROOF)

Description

1655 pieces, 93.3 gram .925 silver, 17 swarovski crystal, 55 mm, 3 ounce silver.

Carlo Maratta or Maratti (13 May 1625 – 15 December 1713) was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. Although he is part of the classical tradition stemming from Raphael, he was not exempt from the influence of Baroque painting and particularly in his use of colour. His contemporary and friend, Giovanni Bellori, wrote an early biography on Maratta.