Berdardino Campi (1520-1591), Circle of - Pianto del Cristo deposto e San Francesco
Bernardino Campi (Reggio Emilia 1520 - Cremona 1591) workshop/circle of
"Lament of the Deposed Christ and Saint Francis"
Oil painting on canvas
154 x 122 cm
The work highlights how Michelangelo's Pietà played an epochal inspiring role for Italian art in the 16th century. The canvas, characterized by profound religiosity and severe composure, expresses the dictates of the Church of Rome after the Council of Trent. It has stringent analogies with similar works painted by Bernardino Campi, to whose circle the work can be traced back. Among others, his students were Andrea Mainardi, Giovanni Battista Trotti known as Malosso and Sofonisba Anguissola.
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Bernardino Campi (Reggio Emilia 1520 - Cremona 1591) workshop/circle of
"Lament of the Deposed Christ and Saint Francis"
Oil painting on canvas
154 x 122 cm
The work highlights how Michelangelo's Pietà played an epochal inspiring role for Italian art in the 16th century. The canvas, characterized by profound religiosity and severe composure, expresses the dictates of the Church of Rome after the Council of Trent. It has stringent analogies with similar works painted by Bernardino Campi, to whose circle the work can be traced back. Among others, his students were Andrea Mainardi, Giovanni Battista Trotti known as Malosso and Sofonisba Anguissola.
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