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Madonna with Child

Marco d'Oggiono

Basic information

ID: Ж-754
Author: Marco d'Oggiono
Name: Madonna with Child
Country: Italy
Technique: oil painting
Material: wood oil
Dimensions: 46 x 36 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: religious
Plot: Madonna. The Virgin Mary and Christ Child
Provenance: the Lubomirski collection
Exposition: Potocki Palace

Information about author

Author: Marco d'Oggiono
Artist's lifetime: 1470–1549
Country: Italy
Biography: Marco d'Oggiono (1470–1549) was an Italian artist and a chief pupil of Leonardo da Vinci. The nickname "d'Oggiono" derived from the name of the town he was from, but his preserved works are signed simply with the name "Marcus". Marco d'Oggiono was a prolific copyist of his teacher's works. Specifically, he created many copies of "The Last Supper", one of which is kept in the collection of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. In the early sixteenth century, Marco d'Oggiono worked in Savona on a cycle of frescoes that, unfortunately, have not been preserved to this day. Of his original works, the most prominent are the frescoes for the church of Santa Maria della Pace in Milan. Their dating is unknown, as there is very little information about the author's life. The Brera Museum in Milan houses two frescoes by Marco d'Oggiono and his easel work "Three Archangels".

Object description

Renaissance artists often made preparatory drawings or sketches for paintings or parts of paintings. This small-scale artwork follows Leonardo da Vinci's "Madonna Litta". D'Oggiono studied in his studio, so the style and composition of this canvas reflect the artistic models he learned in his youth. The author strives to emulate Leonardo's technique. However, the anatomy is not rendered perfectly. The painting depicts Madonna holding and nursing a child. In the background, there is a wall with a window, the light from which falls on the viewer and makes the wall even darker. The window reveals a landscape in blue tones. Madonna's figure is enveloped in light.

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