Corrado Giaquinto ⁽²⁾

Corrado Giaquinto (1703–1765) was an Italian Baroque painter who was practically the Michelangelo of his time—if Michelangelo had a fondness for rich, flowing drapery and dramatic skies. Giaquinto wasn’t afraid to throw in some extra into his religious and mythological scenes, making sure the colors were as vibrant as his compositions were energetic. Think of him as the artist who knew how to make every scene look grand—whether it was a biblical event or a mythological epic—almost as if the gods themselves were looking on, impressed by his brushstrokes.

He worked in a style that combined the grandeur of Baroque with a touch of Rococo elegance, making his work feel like a whirlwind of drama, color, and movement, with a dash of playful charm. His figures seemed to leap off the canvas, as if they were about to make an entrance at a ball or perform a dramatic soliloquy. And those clouds? They weren’t just in the background—they were there to steal the show, swirling with energy like a storm was always just about to happen.