Madonna and Child with Saints
Bonifazio Veronese (Bonifazio de' Pitati) (Italian, Venetian, 1487–1553)
Oil on wood; 32 1/2 x 50 in. (82.6 x 127 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Weisl Jr., in memory of Sir John Pope-Hennessy, 1995 (1995.536)
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Bonifazio Veronese (Bonifazio de' Pitati) (Italian, Venetian, 1487–1553)
Oil on wood; 32 1/2 x 50 in. (82.6 x 127 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Weisl Jr., in memory of Sir John Pope-Hennessy, 1995 (1995.536)
In this lively sacra conversazione—reminiscent of the serene yet sumptuous examples by his contemporary Palma il Vecchio—the young Christ, balancing on his mother's hand, holds a globe and blesses Saint John the Baptist. Surrounding him are John's parents, Elizabeth and Zaccarias, and Saints Joseph and Catherine of Alexandria. Bonifazio was renowned for such compositions of the Madonna and Child with saints. The satisfying amplitude of these figures and the wonderful color harmonies of greens, reds, and blues, so like early Titian, make this painting a particularly attractive example of the genre.
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Related Index Terms
Artist
Material and Technique
- • Painting, Oil on Wood
- • Painting, Oil on Wood, Europe
- • Painting, Oil on Wood, Europe, Italian Peninsula
Object
Subject Matter/Theme
- • Figure, Biblical
- • Figure, Biblical, New Testament
- • Figure, Biblical, New Testament, Madonna and Child
- • Figure, Mother and Child
- • Figure, Saint
- • Figure, Saint, organized by geography, Europe
- • Figure, Saint, organized by geography, Europe, Italian Peninsula
- • Figure, Saint, organized by name, Catherine
- • Figure, Saint, organized by name, John the Baptist
- • Figure, Saint, organized by name, Other
- • Religious Art, Christianity
