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Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Flemish, 1502 - 1550)Attributed to
Madonna with book and baby Jesus.
Oil painting on board
40x30 cm
"An excellent Flemish Renaissance painter, he lived in Italy where he had the opportunity to appreciate the art of his contemporary Italian painters. He was a great admirer of Raphael, who often inspired him, as in this painting, even though he remained substantially atheist within his own stylistic canons and developments. He made an important contribution to the great Renaissance art in Flanders. A designer, painter and editor of architectural treatises, he was sought after by the most famous figures of his time: Charles V, Francis I King of France, Henry VIII of England, Cosimo I de' Medici. The influence of Italian Renaissance styles is evident in this work. He started the passage and transition from the late Gothic to the Renaissance conception in the Netherlands. The writings and treatises of Sebastiano Serlio were an example to him. This simple painting, probably for a private commission, is inspired in some way by Raphael's Madonna del Connestabile. In fact, the representation of the Madonna and Child is rendered in a real and fluid manner, giving naturalness to the scene. He abolishes the landscape background and focuses the figuration on the two characters, thus giving more strength to the spiritual meaning. A sad and melancholic harmony shines through and is palpable, at the same time a serenity transmitted by the characters, especially in the gaze of Mary, who reads the prophecy on the death of Jesus, with sweet resignation while the child orders her to read by pointing with his finger. The shapes are well calibrated and the gestures of the child pointing and of the Madonna who holds him protectively around the waist, make the scene happy and full of harmony. A light that seems to come from a window focuses the characters and illuminates the painted clothes in a soft and fluid way. It was an example for all those Dutch-Mannerist painters of the second half of the 16th century. 40x30, oil on panel. Provenance: illustrates a family from Catania." ASORstudio
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