Madonna tempos
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| Madonna tempos |
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| Raffael Santi , 1508 |
| Oil on poplar wood |
| 75 × 51 cm |
| Alte Pinakothek , Munich |
The Madonna Tempi is a painting by Raphael from 1508. The artist's early work is exhibited in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. With this work and the earlier dated painting Madonna del Granduca , his creative period in Florence comes to an end. It is one of the most beautiful depictions of the Madonna of the early 16th century.
This painting was acquired by King Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1829 .
The work
The painting has the format of 75 × 51 cm. The panel is slightly arched and is oil on poplar wood . The painting was purchased from the Tempi family in Florence.
A group of figures forms the center of the picture and is only supplemented by small landscape elements with a low horizon and the blue of the sky. The composition of the characters is contrasting.
The Christ Child was painted with great naturalness and is embraced by a swinging, extremely young Mary . The movement of the mantle supports this almost spiral movement. With a light grip, Maria lifts and supports her child, gently tilting her head to touch it. The slightly opened mouth reinforces an intimate smile, while the child supports himself with his little arms full of confidence to look at the viewer. The green-bluish sky color makes the incarnate of the people appear realistic.
In contrast to the early Renaissance, the conception of the natural in the High Renaissance has changed. Nature is not a mere image, but finds a kind of "elevation" also idealization in the beauty and proportion of what is depicted.
"Carrying, grasping and holding, feeling, independence and affection, tenderness ... all that is movement, doing." The tenderness and intimacy of mother and child to one another makes the picture not only a representation of an intimate scene, but idealizes motherly love par excellence and shows Raphael's ability to combine compositional beauty and emotionality.
Provenance
“The painting seems to have come into the possession of the Tempi family in Florence at an early stage, in which it remained until 1829. It had cost the Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria a long campaign to make the gem their own. Because his desire ... goes back by no less than 20 years, from that day on few letters from the enthusiastic art lover wandered to Italy without making the acquisition, whereby the resulting difficulties, even at times the hopelessness of the prince's agents, made his request only increased. He wrote personal letters to the Grand Duke of Baden to extend the pension of his agent, the copperplate engraver Metzger, and thereby keep him in Florence, did not shy away from advised bribes, and finally increased his offer from 6,000 to 16,000 Scudi romani. The purchase was completed on February 9, 1829. The lucky purchaser then kept the picture with him in the Cäcilienkapelle of the k. Residence, as it remained royal private property even after the exhibition in the Pinakothek. "
literature
- Jürg Meyer zur Capellen: Raffael in Florence . Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7774-6980-7 .
Web links
Selection of further depictions of the Madonna by Raphael
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Reber : Album of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, fifty color prints, with accompanying texts and a historical introduction . Leipzig 1908, page 26. online
- ^ Rudolf Kuhn: Raffael's design practice and the rapid development of his compositional ability 1508 . first printed in: Intuition and Presentation Erich Hubala on March 24, 1985, Eds. Frank Büttner and Christian Lenz, Munich 1985, page 52. online
- ^ Hubertus von Sonnenburg: Raphael in the Alte Pinakothek . Munich 1983, page 93.
- ↑ Rudolf Kuhn: What is the classical in painting of the High Renaissance . first printed in: About the Classical , Ed. Rudolf Bockhold, Frankfurt 1987, page 140 online
- ↑ Anton Springer : Raab's engraving based on the Madonna Tempi by Rafael . in: Weekly magazine for the life of the German people in the state, science and art . 5th year, 1875, second volume, page 998 online
- ^ Johann David Passavant : Rafael von Urbino and his father Giovanni Santi . Volume 1, Leipzig 1839, page 121. online
- ^ Franz Reber: Album of the Alte Pinakothek zu Munich, page 26.