Madonna with the Carnations
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| Madonna with the Carnations |
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| Raphael , 1506-1508 |
| Oil on yew wood |
| 27.9 x 22.4 cm |
| National Gallery (London) |
The Madonna with the Carnations (also: Madonna dei Garofani ) is one of the most famous pictures by Raphael , from his Florentine time.
description
Raffael depicts a young Maria who plays with the Christ child. She hands him red carnations , which the boy accepts. In the iconography of Mary, red carnations mean because of their shape, which is reminiscent of a nail and their red color, an indication of the Passion of Christ .
Mother and child sit on a bench in front of a window, from which the view opens into a wide landscape with a castle ruin, symbol of the end of the pagan world with the birth of Jesus.
history
The Virgin and Child and clove is in the art world as Madonna of the Pinks known. The picture is a free interpretation of the famous Madonna Benois by Leonardo da Vinci and was probably painted by Raphael at the end of his stay in Florence. For a long time, the picture mentioned in the old literature was only known to the professional world through numerous copies and was considered lost, until the beginning of the 1990s, the version previously also considered a copy in the collection of the Duke of Northumberland by Nicholas Penny was recognized as the original and published has been. He was subsequently joined by numerous well-known art historians such as Hugo Chapman , David Alan Brown and Everett Fahy .
The picture was believed to have been in several Italian and French collections before it was acquired by the painter, art connoisseur and dealer Vincenzo Camuccini in 1828 . The 4th Duke of Northumberland acquired it from its Roman collection in 1853. It remained in the collection until 1991. After it was discovered as a work by Raphael, the painting was made available on long-term loan by the 10th Duke of Northumberland to the London National Gallery. After the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles expressed interest in acquiring the picture in 2002 , an extensive fundraising campaign began in the United Kingdom to save the picture for the country. With the help of numerous foundations and private donations, the painting was purchased for the National Gallery in 2004 for a total of £ 22 million .
After purchasing the picture, numerous voices were heard that the picture was a copy. The National Gallery vehemently contradicted this and published extensive expert reports that are supposed to confirm the authenticity of the picture.
literature
- 2004 Review: The Annual Report of the National Art Collections Fund
Web link
The Madonna with the Carnation in the National Gallery in London