Spanish school of the 18th century
Spanish school of the 18th century.
"Pietà".
Oil on canvas.
Presents restorations, Repainting, craquelure, patch on the back and new stretcher frame.
Measurements: 82 x 60 cm.
The iconography of the Pietà arises from a gradual evolution of five centuries and, according to Panofsky, it derives from the theme of the Byzantine Threnos, the lamentation of the Virgin on the dead body of Jesus, as well as from the Virgin of the Humility. The first artists to see the possibilities of this theme were German sculptors, the first example being found in the city of Coburg, a piece from around 1320. With the passage of time the iconography will spread throughout Europe, and already in the seventeenth century, after the Counter-Reformation, it became one of the most important themes of devotional painting.
The 17th century marked the arrival of the Baroque in the Sevillian school, with the triumph of naturalism over Mannerist idealism, loose workmanship and many other aesthetic liberties. At this time the school reached its greatest splendor, both for the quality of the works and for the primordial rank of Sevillian Baroque painting. Thus, during the transition to the baroque that later laid its foundations during the eighteenth century.
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Spanish school of the 18th century.
"Pietà".
Oil on canvas.
Presents restorations, Repainting, craquelure, patch on the back and new stretcher frame.
Measurements: 82 x 60 cm.
The iconography of the Pietà arises from a gradual evolution of five centuries and, according to Panofsky, it derives from the theme of the Byzantine Threnos, the lamentation of the Virgin on the dead body of Jesus, as well as from the Virgin of the Humility. The first artists to see the possibilities of this theme were German sculptors, the first example being found in the city of Coburg, a piece from around 1320. With the passage of time the iconography will spread throughout Europe, and already in the seventeenth century, after the Counter-Reformation, it became one of the most important themes of devotional painting.
The 17th century marked the arrival of the Baroque in the Sevillian school, with the triumph of naturalism over Mannerist idealism, loose workmanship and many other aesthetic liberties. At this time the school reached its greatest splendor, both for the quality of the works and for the primordial rank of Sevillian Baroque painting. Thus, during the transition to the baroque that later laid its foundations during the eighteenth century.
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