The Virgin and Child seated on the clouds of blessing, by Guercino
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 – 1778)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778): Meister der Veduten, Architekturengravuren & fantastischen Gefängnisse ('Carceri'). Ein Schlüsselfigur des Neoklassizismus!
One of his earliest works, this painting depicts one of Murillo’s favorite themes, the Virgin and the Child. The virgin sits in a vibrant red dress on a deep blue shawl, holding the unclothed child, who stands on her lap. The two figures hold each other in a tender embrace, as only a mother and a child can do, which is a typical element of Murillo’s paintings. This tender touch is indicative of a realistic element that is present in all of Murillo’s paintings, almost as it is a snapshot of the two figures before they were completely posed, as if in a candid photograph.
Über dieses Kunstwerk
- Titel: The Virgin and Child seated on the clouds of blessing, by Guercino
- Künstler: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Format: Portrait
- Urheberrechtlicher Status: Gemeinfreiheit
- Bewegung: Neo-Classicism
- Farbpalette: Neutrals
- Themen: clouds , virgin , prayers
