Saint Mary Appears to the Saints Jacob and Anthony of Egypt
around 1623/24 | Giovanni Lanfranco
Lanfranco painted the altarpiece for a side chapel of the Church of Santa Marta in the Vatican in Rome. The compositional devices of asymmetry and the diagonals, the abrupt change of perspective, the contrasting gestures and the restless lighting communicate great emotionality and drama to the viewer, even given the rather undramatic subject. The impression of emotional agitation is characteristic of a picture on the threshold to the Roman High Baroque.
Lanfranco painted the altarpiece for a side chapel of the Church of Santa Marta in the Vatican in Rome. The compositional devices of asymmetry and the diagonals, the abrupt change of perspective, the contrasting gestures and the restless lighting communicate great emotionality and drama to the viewer, even given the rather undramatic subject. The impression of emotional agitation is characteristic of a picture on the threshold to the Roman High Baroque.
Artist:
Giovanni Lanfranco (1582 Parma - 1647 Rom) DNB
Time:
around 1623/24
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Emilian
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
220 x 127,5 cm
Framed: 244 cm x 152 cm x 12 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 223
Provenance
from a side chapel of Santa Marta in the Vatican; acquired around 1809 in Rome by Baron Ludwig von Lebzeltern for the Imperial Gallery; arrived in Vienna on 16 April 1816; 1816 in the gallery