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Trevisani trained with his father, the architect Antonio Trevisani, and with Antonio Zanchi in Venice before moving to Rome where he studied with Carlo Maratti (1625-1713). This work, painted in his most tender style, reveals an interest in combining a delicate colour range with powerful contrasts of light that anticipates Trevisani’s subsequent move towards the Rococo, of which he was a significa
Born in Slovenia, Trevisani studied painting in Venice and moved to Rome around 1678. This depiction of Mary Magdalene, a work that belonged to Philip IV, combines a Roman classicism with Trevisani’s loose, luminous Venetian technique. The sensuality of the figure, with her long blond hair and enamoured expression, is emphasised by the supernatural light that illuminates her face.
