Andrea Sacchi

Andrea Sacchi ( born November 30, 1599 Nettuno / Rome, † June 21, 1661 in Rome), also known as Andrea Ouche, Sacci Andrea, Andrea Sacco, Andres Saco, Andrea Sauhi, was an Italian painter of the Baroque classicism.

Sacchi was the son and pupil of Benedetto Sacchi and then trained with Francesco Albani in Bologna. 1621 he returned to Rome, where he lived until his death. He studied Raphael, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Alessandro Algardi, François Duquesnoy and the ancient painters, of which his future work was significantly influenced.

He lived about the same time as Pietro da Cortona and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, whose school he was not very fond of. He was rather considers historical painting must have a few characters in order to preserve the simplicity and clarity of classical art can. Cortona School, however, consists of " merely still be decorated Quick painting ", as Jacob Burckhardt in 1855 writes in his Cicerone.

Cortona countered this accusation in the Accademia di San Luca, which he founded, the Roman Academy of Painters, Sculptors and Architects, violent and underlined his conviction paintings of high complexity and a lot of details were superior. From Sacchi's friends, the sculptor Alessandro Algardi and the painter Nicolas Poussin his thesis, however, was supported. Sacchi's so-called academic style also took towards the end of the 17th century - largely supported by Sacchi students Carlo Maratti - the leading position in the art world.

Sacchi worked, among others, 1636-1649 for Cardinal Angelo Giori, for which he received the Baptist cycle - eight paintings with scenes from the life of John the Baptist on the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte - created. In addition, he worked for Cardinal Barberini on altarpieces for the Capuchin church of S. Maria della Conception in Rome. Sacchi was also an architect, designed 1637-1639 for example, the chapel of St. Catherine of Siena and had deep knowledge as an architectural draftsman and designer.