Benvenuto Tisi / Il Garofalo, Holy Family, 1500s-1600s, Oil on Canvas

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Benvenuto tisi, il garofalo (garofalo, rovigo 1476 - ferrara 1559)
workshop/follower

madonna with child and saint joseph

oil on canvas

… Read more Benvenuto tisi, il garofalo (garofalo, rovigo 1476 - ferrara 1559)
workshop/follower

madonna with child and saint joseph

oil on canvas

125 x 90 cm - framed 143 x 109 cm.

in a renaissance architectural context, we see the virgin with child and saint joseph depicted, a subject that in art is defined as the ‘holy family’, a recurring theme in christian art, symbolizing maternal love, divine protection and the importance of the family as a model of life.

the works with this subject, usually commissioned for churches or private collections, were therefore the subject of countless depictions over the centuries, such as the one we present, executed in oil on canvas and datable between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which takes inspiration from the fresco, dated 1525, executed by benvenuto tisi, known as garofalo (c. 1476 - 1559) for the certosa di ferrara, and today preserved in the museum of montecassino.

painter of venetian origin and belonging to the ferrarese school, garofalo was an italian renaissance painter known for his elegant and colorful painting, influenced by raphael and the roman and venetian schools.

he painted numerous versions of the holy family, often compared to his workshop, similar to this one or with variations, some of which are now preserved in important collections: among these we can mention the one in the galleria borghese in rome, the pinacoteca vaticana, or the galleria doria pamphilj also in rome.

the virgin, portrayed in a refined, regal pose, has a delicate and youthful face that stares straight at the viewer, with a rosy complexion, framed by long blond hair, and highlighted in terms of color by the blue of the cloak and the red of the dress, while behind it is depicted saint joseph, also with youthful features, with a red dress and a dark cloak, standing aside and resting while he watches over the mother and son.

our canvas fully embodies the principle of classicism to which garofalo was very devoted, both for the plasticity of the composition and for the architecture in which the human figures are inserted.

in fact, there is a lot of the school of the late fifteenth century in this sacred narrative, which denotes the painter's great admiration for the great painters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, of whom he brings back bright colors and figures in his work: the central figure of the madonna shows a raphaelesque face, in a michelangelo-esque, pyramidal pose to fill the center of the scene.

finally, the view that opens on the left is beautiful, framed by the pink hues of the sky, with a village perched on a tree-lined hill, which we often find in his works.

observing the pictorial layout, in the rendering close to the pictorial solutions of giorgio vasari, a friend of the padanian painter, we can easily trace the attribution of the work to a member of garofalo's workshop or to a follower active at a slightly later time. Given the great quality of works that have come down to us, especially on religious themes, it is in fact easy to think that a large number of students gravitated in his workshop.

the work is in good condition with restorations and retouching of the pictorial layer.

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the work is sold complete with a pleasant golden frame and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and descriptive iconographic sheet.

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