Carlo Maratta

Carlo Maratta (1625-1713) was the most sought-after painter in Rome at the end of the 17th century, and it was he who restored Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican Rooms and at the Villa Farnesina. He was born in Camerano, near Ancona, and came to Rome as a boy to train with Andrea Sacchi, a painter who championed a classical, restrained art on the model of Raphael.

In this collection you will find his Faustulus Entrusting Romulus and Remus to His Wife Acca Larentia, the scene of the shepherd bringing home the twins who founded Rome, printed on handmade Amalfi paper.

His model was Raphael; the same story of Romulus and Remus was painted by Pietro da Cortona, his master's great rival.