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 96 MARATTA— MARCHIS. can Stanze, and in the Famesina at Borne. The Intonaco of the former, which was loose in many places, he re< attached to the walls by nails. Ma- ratta's style was essentially academic, generally correct, but affected and feeble ; he had no originality of inven- tion, his countenances have a vapid air, and his figures attitudinise; yet his works are not without a species of histrionic dignity, but his draperies are heavy, and his colouring frequently chalky and cold. On the whole, his works bear much more resemblance to those of Guide than those of Raphael. He painted many altar-pieces, and some cabinet pictures : Madonnas were especially favourite subjects with him, hence his name of '* Carlo delle Ma- donne." He enjoyed an unrivalled reputation in his day, and has been called the last of the Romans. His name is frequently written Maratti; one picture in the Louvre has Maratta and another Maratti. He etched a few plates. Works. Rome, San Giovanni in Laterano, the Battisterio, Constantine destroying Idols : San Carlo, the altar- piece: Santa Maria degli Angeli, the Baptism of Christ (in mosaic in St. Peter's) ; Chiesa Nuova, Santi Carlo h Ignazio ; church of II Gesii, St Fran- cis Xavier; palace at Monte Cavallo, the Adoration of the Shepherds, (fresco). Genoa, the Martyrdom of San Biagio. Ancona, copy of the Battle of Constantine, in the Vatican. Forli, at the Filippines, San Francesco de Sales. Berlin Gallery, the Ascen- sion of the Virgin ; and St. Anthony of Padua, adoring the Child, who is in the Clouds. Dresden Gallery, Virgin and Child, with St. John. Louvre, the Nativity, and Adoration of the Shepherds ; his own Portrait; and four other subjects. St. Petersburg, the Hermitage, several characteristic works. MARCHESI, Giuseppe, called II Samsone, b. at Bdogna, 1699, tL 1771. Bolognese School. The scholar first of Baldassare Franceschini, and after- wards of Aureliano Milani. He ex- celled in foreshortening, especially in the sotto in su, after the manner of Franceschini. His master-piece is the Martyrdom of Santa Prisca, in the cathedral at Rimini. He executed, also, many works for the churches at Bologna. (Lanzi.) MARCHESINI, Alessandbo, b. at Verona, 1664, d. 1788. Bolognese SchooL The pupil of Carlo Cignani. He painted some historical subjects for the churches of Verona and Venice, where he subsequently sometime re* sided ; but he represented chiefly fables and ordinary subjects, with small figures, for private collections, accord- ing to Zanetti, in a true and graceful manner. MARCHETTI, Mabgo, called Mab- GO DA Faenza, d. 1588. Roman SchooL Gregory XUI. employed him in orna- menting the Loggie of the Vatican with Arabesques, in which he was very skil- ful, indeed, according to Vasari, unri- valled in his time: the same writer praises him as a fresco-painter. He painted in the Vatican, for the same Pope, the Murder of the Innocents, and other similar stories. In the Trinitli de' Monti are subjects from the Life of San Francesco di Paola, by Marchetti. He was also employed on extensive decorative works in the P»> lazzo Vecchio at Florence. (Va$an^ Baglione, Lanzi.) MARCHIS, Alessio de, painted 1710-34. Neapolitan School He n- presented landscapes, sea-ports, and fires or conflagrations, as the Bnniing of Troy. He decorated the palace of Clement XI. at Urbino, with architec- tural and marine pieces, and executed many works in the Ruspoli and Al- bani palaces at Rome : there are also