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The Bentivoglio Altarpiece is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Lorenzo Costa the Elder, dating to August 1488. It is displayed in the Bentivoglio Chapel of the church of San Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna, Italy.
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| Artist | Lorenzo Costa the Elder |
| Year | 1488 |
| Medium | Oil on panel |
| Location | San Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna |
It was commissioned by Giovanni II Bentivoglio, lord of Bologna, as a thanksgiving for the family's escape from an attempted massacre by the Malvezzi family .
Description
The painting is a large canvas, executed by Costa together with other two works on the chapel's walls, the Triumph of Fame and the Triumph of Death. It features, above a sumptuous Renaissance architecture, a marble altar with a rich frieze; at the top of is a throne on which the Madonna and Child sit. At the sides, kneeling, are the two donor husband and wife, Giovanni II Bentivoglio and Ginevra Sforza. In the foreground, at the feet of the throne, are their eleven children. On the left are the daughters (from left, Camilla, Bianca, Francesca, Violante - future spouse of Pandolfo IV Malatesta, Laura, Isotta and Eleonora); on the right the four children (Ermes, Alessandro, Anton Galeazzo and the elder one, Annibale).
Sources
- Raule, Angelo (1958). "Intorno alla Madonna dei Bentivoglio: note d'arte e di storia". Strenna storica bolognese. pp. 159–191.
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[fr] La Vierge à l'Enfant sur le trône avec la famille Bentivoglio
La Vierge à l'Enfant sur le trône avec la famille Bentivoglio (en italien : Pala Bentivoglio) est une peinture à thème religieux de Lorenzo Costa, une peinture à l'huile datant de 1488, conservée dans la chapelle Bentivoglio de l'église San Giacomo Maggiore à Bologne.[it] Pala Bentivoglio
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