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Nordic artist active in Italy, last quarter of the 16th century, Adoration

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Nordic artist active in Italy, last quarter of the 16th century Adoration of the Shepherds Oil on canvas, 117 x 171 cm The work conforms as a reworking of numerous Bassanesque cues, mediated through the engraving work of Sadeler and Cornelis Cort. In a huddled wooden hut, the Virgin, whose face exudes a powerful light, shows a procession of poor shepherds the baby Jesus, under the eyes of Joseph, who turns a look of love and apprehension on Christ. The robes of the Madonna, Joseph, and the shepherds have glazed hues, but the landscape has a nocturnal atmosphere, brightened only by the halo of light emanating from the angelic presence responsible for the announcement to the shepherds. What is most striking is the moving humility of the shepherds, in line, moreover, with the spirit of the Gospel narrative, which wants the last in the social hierarchy as the first worshippers of the Messiah. In the right section of the composition we find a typical figure in the Adoration of the Shepherds scenes of the Bassano's flourishing workshop, that of the crouching shepherd boy blowing on a burning embers, in a futile effort to revive a flame, now weak in the face of the powerful light of divine revelation. The figure, featured among other paintings in Jacopo da Ponte's marvelous Adoration executed in the 1660s and currently on display in the halls of the Roman Corsini Gallery, would later become widely used as an autonomous genre scene and would be reproposed in numerous Sadeler engravings, thus gaining widespread popularity in Northern Europe and in the Rudolfine sphere as well. Also deriving from the activity of the Da Ponte workshop and spread through Sadeler's engravings is the visually striking pose of the Virgin and Child. Certainly interesting from a compositional point of view is the character of the shepherd with the hat, often reported in various prints and engravings of a Nordic nature, first among them by the hands of Sadeler and Cort. The background also seems to echo the reinterpretation of Bassanesque models, with particular reference to the Allegories of the Four Seasons series in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 67.33 in (171 cm)Width: 46.07 in (117 cm)Depth: 1.97 in (5 cm)
  • Style:
    Other (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Canvas,Oiled
  • Place of Origin:
    Netherlands
  • Period:
    18th Century and Earlier
  • Date of Manufacture:
    XVII Century
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Milan, IT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU5918245664482

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