Young Woman at her Toilette
1515 | Giovanni Bellini
At an already advanced age, Bellini turned to the depiction of a new, “modern” theme, the female nude. In a balanced interplay of warm and cool colours, round and rectangular forms, proximity and distance, activity and passivity, the painter of the Madonna pays homage to the sight of a young woman. Absorbed in her own reflection, she embodies at the same time the act of contemplation. Yet the actual subject of the painting is beauty and the creative power of painting.
At an already advanced age, Bellini turned to the depiction of a new, “modern” theme, the female nude. In a balanced interplay of warm and cool colours, round and rectangular forms, proximity and distance, activity and passivity, the painter of the Madonna pays homage to the sight of a young woman. Absorbed in her own reflection, she embodies at the same time the act of contemplation. Yet the actual subject of the painting is beauty and the creative power of painting.
Artist:
Giovanni Bellini (um 1430 - 1516 Venedig) DNB
Time:
1515
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Venetian
Material/technology:
Poplar wood
Dimensions:
oben und unten je 1 cm angestückt: above and below each 1 cm attached: 62,9 cm × 78,3 cm × 3 cm
Overall: 62,9 cm × 78,3 cm
Framed: 75,2 cm × 92 cm × 4,5 cm
Signed
Inscribed on a label at lower right: Joannes bellinus faciebat M.D.X.V.
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 97
Provenance
1638-1649 Coll. Hamilton; 1659 Coll. Leopold Wilhelm, Brussels