Богородица и Младенец на троне с ангелами и свв. Екатериной, Леонардом, Августином и Аполлонией {1694} Virgin and Child enthroned with angels and SS Catherine, Leonard, Augustin, and Apollonia
история:
Picture was described at length by the sixteenth-century biographer Giorgio Vasari, who especially admired the landscape and enormous laurel tree.
Приобретена фондом Флетчера, 1920.
Fletcher Fund.
автор:
Либри Г. даи
Girolamo dai Libri
место:
nel Monte outside Verona: Augustinian church of San Leonardo
Нью-Йорк: Метрополитен (1920 )
New York: MMA
композиция:
While the Virgin and Child reflect the work of Andrea Mantegna, the distant hill crowned with a fortress and the dead tree are taken over directly from Durer's well-known engraving of St Eustace.
The juxtaposition of the dead tree with the flourishing laurel refers to Death and Resurrection, while the peacock is a traditional symbol of immortality.
A versatile artist, Girolamo dai Libri was equally famous as an illuminator of books, whence his name dai Libri ("of the books").
оформление:
~1520. Верона (Ит.).
Иконостас.
Холст, темпера, масло.
Полукруглый верх.
Tempera and oil on canvas. Arched top.
Of modern manufacture, the frame is based on Renaissance prototypes.
