Virgin and Child
The use of forceful chiaroscuro (modeling in light and shade) is characteristic of Tiepolo's images of the Madonna and Child that were intended for private devotion. There is an element of melancholy in the way in which the Virgin embraces her son. This suggests that they both...
Images (2)
Drawing
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id
25852
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| contentType |
contentType
drawing
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 460, as Luca Giordiano]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
2
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.1120_Fnt_TR_T87IIA.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.1120_Fnt_TR_T87IIA.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.1120_Fnt_TR_T87IIA.jpg |
| imageCount | 2 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1120 |
Terms
Medium
oil on canvas
Relations
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