Homage to Christ in the Temple
around 1490/1500 | Giovanni Bellini
Around 1500, Bellini was the preferred painter for altar and devotional pictures in Venice. This half-length depiction with its stereometrical conception of the body recalls Bellini’s early period under the influence of his brother-in-law Mantegna. On the other hand, the soft light and the harmonies of colour that complement one another create artistic nuancing characteristic of the later Bellini and subsequently for the whole of Venetian painting. The picture was cropped to an oval in the 18th century.
Around 1500, Bellini was the preferred painter for altar and devotional pictures in Venice. This half-length depiction with its stereometrical conception of the body recalls Bellini’s early period under the influence of his brother-in-law Mantegna. On the other hand, the soft light and the harmonies of colour that complement one another create artistic nuancing characteristic of the later Bellini and subsequently for the whole of Venetian painting. The picture was cropped to an oval in the 18th century.
Artist:
Giovanni Bellini (um 1430 - 1516 Venedig) DNB
Time:
around 1490/1500
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Venetian
Material/technology:
Poplar wood
Dimensions:
zum Oval beschnittene Originaltafel: Original panel cut to an oval: 63,9 cm × 82 cm
Framed: 84,5 cm × 105 cm × 11 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 117
Provenance
1636 Coll. Bartolomeo della Nave; 1638-1649 Coll. Hamilton; 1765 from Vienna to Pressburg; 1781 Pressburg; 1783 documented in the gallery in Vienna;