Davide Gasparotto

Bio

Davide Gasparotto is senior curator of paintings and chair, curatorial affairs, at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Paintings, J. Paul Getty Museum Senior Curator

Stories

  1. Artemisia Gentileschi: the Woman, the Artist

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    painting of a woman looking up, while holding a knife to her bare chest

    How a painter facing numerous social barriers built a brilliant career for herself in 17th-century Italy

    Sep 1, 2021

  2. The Black Gondoliers of Renaissance Venice

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    wooden bridge, buildings, and people in colorful clothes. Boats and gondoliers are in the foreground

    A painting shows life on the Grand Canal

    Feb 24, 2021

  3. What a Portrait of a British Family Reveals about 18th-Century England and Tea

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    A woman in a blue-green dress sits in a chair, holding a young girl, behind a small table set for tea. Two more small girls stand, one reaching for something on the table, the other pulling a small toy horse. A man in a red waistcoat leans on the chair behind them all.

    Exploring tea time in the portrait of John, 14th Lord Willoughby de Broke, and his family

    Apr 21, 2020

  4. The Rediscovery of Guercino

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    Photograph of a man wearing glasses and a pinstripe suit smiling at his desk, which is piled with books.

    Sir Denis Mahon’s crusade to restore the reputation of an Italian seicento master

    Mar 17, 2017

  5. An Introduction to Guercino’s Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph

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    A conservator carefully cleans an old master painting in a large studio

    The Getty’s senior curator of paintings discusses the history, composition, and style of a 17th-century Italian masterpiece

    Aug 31, 2016

  6. The Metamorphoses of Danaë: From Venal to Virtuous to Voluptuous Woman

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    Painting of a nude woman reclining on a bed, gesturing upwards, while a winged figure holds up a black canopy with gold pattering on it.

    The mythological princess Danaë was one of the most divisive, ever-changing mythological figures in Western art

    Mar 1, 2016