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Marble Madonna and Child and St. John 18th century Ligurian school

About the Item

Ligurian school, 18th century Madonna and Child and St. John Marble, cm h. 43 - Base, cm 16 x 8 The sculpture under consideration, depicting a Madonna and Child with St. John at her feet, represents a marble artifact referable to the 18th-century Genoese school, which developed in the wake of the great Baroque sculptors of 17th-century Genoa, such as Pierre Puget (Marseille 1620 -1694) and Filippo Parodi (Genoa, 1630 - Genoa, July 22, 1702). The evident assimilation of Pugetian and Parodian models suggests a date for the work to the very early 18th century, when the theme of the sacred, emptied of pathetic accents for a lighter, more subdued tone, acquires a progressive stylization of forms and distinctive physiognomic features, such as the sharpening of the eyes. Interestingly, the baby Jesus, held in the arms of the Virgin, appears here as an ordinary, slightly chubby and cultured child as he seeks the attention of his mother, who instead stares into the distance ahead, as if foreshadowing his dramatic fate. At the foot of the robe, with an equally playful attitude, is little Saint John. It is possible to detect a similar treatment of the theme-here reinterpreted-in Pierre Puget's Madonna Carrega now housed in the Museum of St. Augustine in Genoa and in the two-faced Statue with Madonna and Child and St. Anthony and Child by an unknown Genoese sculptor of the second half of the 17th century housed in the same museum. A further cross-reference is to be found in Filippo Parodi's production: the treatment of the child and the pose of his Madonna del Carmine from the Church of Saints Victor and Charles in Genoa cannot but have been spitfire for the present plastifier.

Dimensions:

Height: 16.93 in (43 cm)Width: 3.15 in (8 cm)Depth: 6.3 in (16 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Marble

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

18th Century

Date of Manufacture:

18th Century

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.