Lot n° 8
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3000 - 5000
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Pier Francesco FOSCHI (1502–1567), follower of - Lot 8
Pier Francesco FOSCHI (1502–1567), follower of
Madonna and Child
Oil on panel.
H_82.5 cm W_61 cm
Flaking and losses.
Related works:
Pier Francesco FOSCHI, Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist
(location unknown)
Benvenuto Tisi, known as Il Carofalo, Virgin and Child before a Curtain with a
Mountainous Landscape in the Background, oil on panel, 75.3 × 56.4 cm,
Sotheby’s New York auction, January 30, 2014
The artist of this painting chose to depict the Virgin in a posture of
support and protection toward Christ. Modest and majestic, the Madonna
holds her son standing on her lap, a fairly common iconographic motif in
16th-century Italy, used by artists such as Pier Francesco Foschi,
a pupil of Andrea del Sarto, and Benvenuto Tisi.
The bright red hue of the young woman’s dress also reveals
the influence of Mannerism, which, under the impetus of artists such as Michelangelo,
Correggio, Pontormo, and Rosso Fiorentino, became one of the major
Italian movements of the High Renaissance.
Expert: Artéon
Expert: Quentin BONNEFOY - ARTÉON
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