Joachim Beuckelaer (Antwerp c. 1535-1574) Market in the square 1566 In the series of six paintings devoted to markets, which come from the Farnese collection in Parma, the artist employs the same structure with few variations: monumental figures and a market teeming with goods are depicted in the foreground while the background generally features a landscape or, in some cases a religious 106  THE FARNESE GALLERY
episode (the Calling of St Matthew is portrayed here). Scenes of everyday life were a popular genre with sixteenth century collectors and, in order to meet the numerous requests, Beuckelaer specialised in portraying markets, countryside scenes and kitchen interiors, full of food, crockery and animals. During the seventeenth century these themes would become the protagonists of still life painting. The work is dated. [room 18]
Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560 - Rome 1609) Mystic wedding of St Catherine c. 1585 The painting was done in 1585 for Duke Ranuccio Farnese who later gave it to his brother Cardinal Odoardo. According to the sources, the work was brought to Rome by Carracci himself in 1595; the work is proof of the artist’s skill at imitating the styles of Correggio and Raphael. [room 19]