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The Marriage of the Virgin, also known as Lo Sposalizio, is an oil painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael. Completed in 1504 for the Franciscan church of San Francesco, Città di Castello, the painting depicts a marriage ceremony between Mary and Joseph. It changed hands several times before settling in 1806 at the Pinacoteca di Brera.

The Marriage of the Virgin
ArtistRaphael
Year1504
TypeOil on roundheaded panel
Dimensions174 cm × 121 cm (69 in × 48 in)
LocationPinacoteca di Brera, Milan

History


In the later years of the 15th century, patrons in Citta di Castello sent three commissions to Raphael's teacher Pietro Perugino which, in Perugino's absence, were completed by Raphael.[1] The Marriage of the Virgin, featuring the theme of the Marriage of the Virgin, was the last of these. Evidently inspired by one of Perugino's paintings, also known as Marriage of the Virgin, Raphael finished his own work, according to the date placed next to his signature, in 1504.[2]

This particular piece was commissioned by one Filippo degli Albezzini to hang in a church dedicated to Saint Francis.[3][4] It remained in its original home until General Giuseppe Lechi led forces to Città di Castello to liberate it from Austrian occupation, when the painting was gifted to (or perhaps demanded by) the general.[4][5][6] "Restoring Raphael" in the Cambridge Companion to Raphael (2005) reports that the painting remained with Lechi to his death in 1804,[6] but Lechi died in 1836.[7] The Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings states rather that Lechi sold the piece in 1801 to one Giacomo Sannazaro, who himself sold the piece in 1804 to the Ospedale Maggiore in Milan.[5] By whatever means it arrived there, it was in the possession of the hospital for a short time, as in 1806 the hospital sold it to the Italian state for 53,000 francs. It has since then been displayed in the Pinacoteca di Brera, in spite of an 1859 proposal to donate the image to France after that country's army had entered Milan.[4]

Through these various relocations, the painting was damaged.[6] The panel had several cracks in the upper half, while there was rippling and bowing throughout. Italian artist Giuseppe Molteni, retained to repair it in November 1857, chose to preserve the panel rather than transfer the painting to canvas and spent months flattening the panel and hydrating it to overcome the damage of desiccation. This decision on the part of Molteni has permitted 20th-century art historians to use infrared reflectography to study the underdrawing beneath the completed art work.[8] Molteni also undertook to clean the surface of the painting, which had been subjected to restoration before.[6] He did not clean aggressively, as he wanted to be sure that elements of the original painting were preserved. The Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings indicates that the painting is "somewhat discoloured."[5]


Analysis and influence


This version of the theme by Pietro Perugino is believed to have been Raphael's inspiration.[2][9]
This version of the theme by Pietro Perugino is believed to have been Raphael's inspiration.[2][9]

There have been several historians who have disputed that Perugino's Marriage of the Virgin preceded Raphael's, and some who have suggested the painting was not Perugino's at all but instead produced after Raphael's by one of Perugino's followers. However, a 16th century documentary evidence supports the conclusion that Perugino had begun working on the painting in 1499, though it was not completed until some point after December 26, 1503.[9][10]

Although Raphael was heavily inspired by Perugino in painting the piece, differences of the two were remarked upon within decades of the painting's completion by 16th-century Italian artist and art biographer Giorgio Vasari, who said that in the piece "may be distinctly seen the progress of excellence of Raphael's style, which becomes much more subtle and refined, and surpasses the manner of Pietro. In this work," he continued, "there is a temple drawn in perspective with such evident care that it is marvellous to behold the difficulty of the problems which he has there set himself to solve."[11]

It is very likely that the domed building in the background of both Perugino's and Raphael's works, which represents the Temple of Jerusalem, portraits the Temples as a Renaissance version of the Dome of the Rock. [12]

Franz Liszt wrote a composition for solo piano based on Raphael's painting with the title "Sposalizio" in his Années de pèlerinage (Deuxième année: Italie).


See also



Notes


  1. McCurdy (1917), p. 84.
  2. Champlin and Perkins (1913), p. 380.
  3. Champlin and Perkins (1913), p. 380-381.
  4. McCurdy (1917), p. 90.
  5. Champlin and Perkins (1913), p. 381.
  6. Hoeniger (2005), 297.
  7. Maccuchelli, et al.
  8. Hoeniger (2005), 298.
  9. McCurdy (1917), 89-90.
  10. cf. Masters in Art, p. 31.
  11. Quoted in McCurdy (1917), p. 84.
  12. The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance, Jacob Burckhardt, Peter Murray, James C. Palmes, University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 81

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На других языках

[de] Vermählung Mariä (Raffael)

Die Vermählung Mariä ist ein Gemälde von Raffael. In der Literatur wird es auch Vermählung Mariens genannt, in Italien üblich und in kunstgeschichtlichen Darstellungen häufig zu finden ist die Bezeichnung Sposalizio. Geschaffen wurde es in der Stilepoche der Renaissance am Anfang des 16. Jahrhunderts. Das Bild gilt als Raffaels erstes Meisterwerk, mit dem er seinen Lehrer Perugino übertraf[1]. Es ist mit Ölfarbe auf einer Holztafel in Format 120,6 × 174 cm ausgeführt und schließt im oberen Teil bogenförmig ab. Umfasst wird es von einem unregelmäßigen, circa 3 cm breiten Holzrand, der durch den Falz der Rahmenleiste abgedeckt wurde. Die bemalte Fläche beträgt 113,2 × 168,2 cm.[2]
- [en] The Marriage of the Virgin (Raphael)

[es] Los desposorios de la Virgen (Rafael)

Los Desposorios de la Virgen (en italiano, Lo sposalizio della Vergine) es un cuadro del pintor renacentista italiano Rafael Sanzio, que data de 1504. Es una pintura ejecutada con temple y óleo sobre tabla con unas dimensiones de 175 centímetros de alto y 120 cm. de ancho. Se conserva en la Pinacoteca de Brera de Milán, Italia. Esta tabla representa la transición del Prerrenacimiento al Alto Renacimiento

[fr] Le Mariage de la Vierge (Raphaël)

Le Mariage de la Vierge est un tableau peint en 1504 par Raphaël alors que celui-ci se formait dans l'atelier du Pérugin. Il est conservé à la Pinacothèque de Brera à Milan.

[it] Sposalizio della Vergine (Raffaello)

Lo Sposalizio della Vergine è un dipinto a olio su tavola (170 × 117 cm) di Raffaello Sanzio, datato 1504 e conservato nella Pinacoteca di Brera a Milano. È firmato "Raphael Urbinas" e datato "MDIIII". Si tratta di una delle opere più celebri dell'artista, che chiude il periodo giovanile e segna l'inizio della fase della maturità artistica[1].

[ru] Обручение Девы Марии (картина Рафаэля)

«Обручение Девы Марии» (итал. Lo sposalizio della Vergine) — картина Рафаэля 1504 года из миланской Пинакотеки Брера. Картина (подписанная и датированная: RAPHAEL URBINAS MDIIII) была приобретена семьей Албиццини (Albizzini) для капеллы св. Иосифа в церкви Св. Франциска города Читта-ди-Кастелло (Città di Castello) в Умбрии. В 1798 она попала в руки наполеоновского генерала Жозефа Леки, который продал её миланскому арт-дилеру Саннаццари (Sannazzari). В 1804 году тот завещал картину центральному госпиталю Милана. Но уже в 1806 году она была приобретена для Музея Академии изящных искусств Брера Евгением Богарне.


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