|
Henri Lehmann
|
||||
|
|
||||
| German Neoclassical Painter, 1814-1882 | ||||
|
|
||||
|
St Catherine of Alexandria new16/Henri Lehmann-889664.jpg ID de tableau:: 44042 |
1839 Oil on canvas, 152 x 262 cm | ||
|
|
||||
|
Lorenzo Lotto
|
||||
|
|
||||
| Italian 1480-1556 Lorenzo Lotto Galleries | ||||
|
|
||||
|
St Catherine of Alexandria new19/Lorenzo Lotto-335576.jpg ID de tableau:: 52152 |
1522 Oil on wood, 57 x 50 cm | ||
|
|
||||
|
Caravaggio
|
||||
|
|
||||
| Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1571-1610 | ||||
|
|
||||
|
St Catherine of Alexandria new21/Caravaggio-285856.jpg ID de tableau:: 62387 |
173 x 133 cm Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid The painting formerly belonged to Cardinal Del Monte, one of the artist's patrons. Here we see a single female figure in an interior devoid of architectural allusions. The image appears with a boldness and an immediacy that combine the nobility of the subject (St Catherine was a king's daughter) with the almost plebeian pride of the model (no doubt a Roman woman of the people, who appears on other paintings of the artist, too). The breadth of conception and realization, and the perfect mastery of a very difficult composition (the figure and objects completely fill the painting, in a subtle play of diagonals) are striking. Caravaggio here chose a "grand" noble approach that heralds the great religious compositions he would soon do for San Luigi dei Francesi. The extraordinary virtuosity in the painting of the large, decorated cloth is absorbed as an integral part of the composition. This is something his followers would not often succeed in doing, for they frequently dealt with the single components of the painting individually, with adverse effects on the unity of the whole. | ||
|
|
||||
|
RAFFAELLO Sanzio
|
||||
|
|
||||
| Italian High Renaissance Painter, 1483-1520 | ||||
|
|
||||
|
St Catherine of Alexandria new21/RAFFAELLO Sanzio-492992.jpg ID de tableau:: 63821 |
1508 Oil on wood, 71,1 x 54,6 cm National Gallery, London Half-way between a work of private devotion and a collector's piece, this picture was probably painted just before Raphael's move to Rome. Rather more evident than the influence of Perugino is that of Leonardo, who perfected the `serpentine' pose in which the body twists about its axis, lending movement, grace and three-dimensional presence even to static figures. Characteristically, Raphael justifies this unnatural position through a narrative device: Catherine turns her head upwards and to her right in ecstatic communion with the divine light descending in thin gold rays from the sky. St Catherine of Alexandria is portrayed in a marvellous, twisted pose. Her left arm is leaning on her attribute, the wheel, and her right hand is pressed to her breast while she gazes up at a sky flooded with light. The composition is as rich in harmonious movement as the coloration is full and varied. The landscape is painted with particular care. Its light shading indicates a residual influence of Leonardo, although the jagged mountains which often characterize Leonardo's landscapes are absent. The delicate modelling of the saint, the slight torsion of her body as she leans on the wheel of her martyrdom (whose spikes have been reduced to rounded knobs in order to tone down the element of cruelty) fully express the balanced character of Raphael's art. The panel clearly shows the intense formal research which underlies Raphael's figurative creations. He is always careful not to excite emotions which he considers too intense and to mitigate tones and thematic elements in search of a perfect balance between design, colour, pose and expression, and between the figurative and ornamental elements.Artist:RAFFAELLO Sanzio Title: St Catherine of Alexandria Painted in 1501-1550 , Italian - - painting : religious | ||
|
|
||||
|
RAFFAELLO Sanzio
|
||||
|
|
||||
| Italian High Renaissance Painter, 1483-1520 | ||||
|
|
||||
|
St Catherine of Alexandria new24/RAFFAELLO Sanzio-954789.jpg ID de tableau:: 82797 |
1508(1508) Medium Oil on wood cyf | ||
|
|
||||
|
Also Buy::. For Following Paintings / Artists / Products, Please Use Our Search Online: |