Giuseppe Varotti - Bologna - Signed Oil - Madonna Saint Catherine Vigri With Child And Angel
Artist: Giuseppe Varotti (1715 - 1780)
Giuseppe Varotti (Bologna, 1715 - 1780)
Madonna and Saint Catherine Vigri with Child and an Angel
Oil on canvas, 153 x 115 cm. Signed on the stretcher: Mr. Giuseppe Varotti F.
Bibliography:
R. Roli, 2014, Giuseppe Varotti e il Settecento bolognese, Bologna, Galleria de’ Fusari.
I. Graziani, 2016, La visione della notte di Natale di Caterina Vigri: due pale d’altare e la diffusione del culto della Santa dopo il processo di canonizzazione, in “Archivio italiano per la storia della pietà. Immagine, meditazione, visione”, Volume Ventinovesimo, Roma 2016.
As Renato Roli observed, this painting constitutes “a kind of connection between the art of Vittorio Bigari and that of Ubaldo Gandolfi, whose influence emerges above all in the figure of the angel, shaped with assured mastery and a lightness of touch. The entire composition is orchestrated so as to enclose the two principal figures within a single arching structure which, being a vision, leaves them suspended upon a soft cushion of clouds. Yet the detail of the candlesticks and lilies upon the ledge remains strikingly concrete, forming a natura morta rendered with sincere naturalistic clarity.”
We invite you to download the free PDF of our catalog, available on the Galleria de' Fusari website.
Madonna and Saint Catherine Vigri with Child and an Angel
Oil on canvas, 153 x 115 cm. Signed on the stretcher: Mr. Giuseppe Varotti F.
Bibliography:
R. Roli, 2014, Giuseppe Varotti e il Settecento bolognese, Bologna, Galleria de’ Fusari.
I. Graziani, 2016, La visione della notte di Natale di Caterina Vigri: due pale d’altare e la diffusione del culto della Santa dopo il processo di canonizzazione, in “Archivio italiano per la storia della pietà. Immagine, meditazione, visione”, Volume Ventinovesimo, Roma 2016.
As Renato Roli observed, this painting constitutes “a kind of connection between the art of Vittorio Bigari and that of Ubaldo Gandolfi, whose influence emerges above all in the figure of the angel, shaped with assured mastery and a lightness of touch. The entire composition is orchestrated so as to enclose the two principal figures within a single arching structure which, being a vision, leaves them suspended upon a soft cushion of clouds. Yet the detail of the candlesticks and lilies upon the ledge remains strikingly concrete, forming a natura morta rendered with sincere naturalistic clarity.”
We invite you to download the free PDF of our catalog, available on the Galleria de' Fusari website.
9 000 €
Period: 18th century
Style: Other Style
Condition: Excellent condition
Material: Oil painting
Length: 115
Height: 153
Reference (ID): 1740498
Availability: In stock
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