Painting Madonna in Adoration of Baby Jesus

Features

Artwork title:  Madonna in adorazione di Gesù Bambino

Age:  17th Century / 1601 - 1700

Subject:  Sacred Subject

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Madonna in adorazione di Gesù Bambino

Oil on canvas. This is a good copy of the work by Antonio Allegri, known as Correggio (1489 -1534), created between 1518 and 1520, donated by the Duke of Mantua, Ferdinando Gonzaga, to the Grand Duke Cosimo II de'Medici, placed in the Tribuna degli Uffizi in 1617, where it remained until 1848. The subject of the painting had enjoyed a certain popularity in the fifteenth century through the works of Filippo and Filippino Lippi who had created several versions. The iconography derives from the vision of the birth of Jesus that Saint Bridget of Sweden had in Bethlehem in 1372. In her Revelations the Saint recounts that "the Virgin took off her sandals [...] knelt in a prayerful attitude, her hands stretched out in front and, suddenly, in an instant, she gave birth to her Son. The newborn baby suddenly appeared on the ground and an ineffable light radiated from him. When Mary felt that she had given birth to the Child, she greeted him with these words: Welcome, my God, my Lord and my Son”. A beautiful and sweet Madonna is depicted kneeling in front of the newborn Jesus, contemplating him with tenderness. The Child returns his mother's gaze, stretching out his little hand in a typically childish attempt to grasp her dress. Their intimate bond is underlined by the invention of placing the newborn on a corner of the mother's cloak. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a re-adapted antique frame.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, shows small signs of wear. We try to present the real condition as completely as possible with the photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is reported in the description is valid.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 94
Width: 81
Depth: 5

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 80
Width: 66