Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 2 pages
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
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 perceive his future fate, and the motif alludes to the traditional image of the Pietà, in which the Virgin mourns over the body of her dead son. She is often shown near or against a column, which here is meant to convey her nobility and strength.These small images for private use are primarily from early in Tiepolo's career, before he was in great demand for large-scale commissions.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
25852
label
Virgin and Child
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
25852
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Virgin and Child
description
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 perceive his future fate, and the motif alludes to the traditional image of the Pietà, in which the Virgin mourns over the body of her dead son. She is often shown near or against a column, which here is meant to convey her nobility and strength.These small images for private use are primarily from early in Tiepolo's career, before he was in great demand for large-scale commissions.
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.
date
ca. 1720-1725 (Baroque)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
64.3
height
48.3
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H: 25 5/16 x W: 19 in. (64.3 x 48.3 cm)
Source extras
med
oil on canvas
creator_ids
2003
collection_ids
BAR
exhibition_ids
2242
2335
2840
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
15584d8662600c65
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
4ba52609a1a520fd
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no