Friday, May 8, 2015

Infant Worship

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio
Virgin & Child with Saints & Donors
1500

Raphael
Madonna & Child Enthroned
c. 1504

Cima da Conegliano
Madonna in Trono con Santi
1511-13

Giulio Romano & Studio of Raphael
Piccola Sacra Famiglia
c. 1519

In the relatively short span of years between 1500 and 1560 (when this group of Italian paintings came into being) the serene stability of Renaissance composition (as above) began its inevitable morph toward the asymmetries and elongations of Mannerism.

L'Ortolano
Adoration of the Shepherds
c. 1520

Bonifazio Veronese
Holy Family with Shepherds and Saints
c. 1520-30

Bonifazio Veronese
Holy Family with Saints
c. 1525
 
Girolamo Savoldo
Virgin & Child with Donors
c. 1527

Garolfalo
Holy Family 
1533

Francesco Salviati
Madonna & Child with Angel
c. 1538-40

Nosadella
Holy Family
1560s