Communion of the Apostles (Barocci)
The Communion of the Apostles | |
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Artist | Federico Barocci |
Year | c. 1603–1608 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 290 cm × 177 cm (110 in × 70 in) |
Location | Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome |
The Communion of the Apostles, or Institution of the Eucharist is a painting of the Last Supper by Federico Barocci located at Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. It was commissioned for the family chapel of Pope Clement VIII Aldobrandini and completed between 1603 and 1608.[1]
It was most likely the sight of Barocci's Presentation of the Virgin in the Chiesa Nuova at its unveiling in 1603 that led to the commission of the Communion four months later. On 13 August 1603 the pope communicated with the minister to
The commission was completed entirely in Urbino and efforts were made to supply Barocci with extensive information about the contextual chapel, which was frescoed by Cherubino Alberti with a Triumph of the Holy Cross.[3] Gian Pietro Bellori wrote that the pope was supplied with preparatory sketches.[4] The pope sought the removal of Satan from the original design,[1] and thereafter asked that it depict a night scene.[5]
Barocci quotes from
Barocci asked 1,500 scudi for the altarpiece. The fee undoubtedly was influenced by the number of figures. At the same point in his career (1604), he had accepted 300 scudi for a much simpler Crucifixion (Museo del Prado, Madrid).[7]
Notes
- ^ Stasera uerso il tardi il Papa mi ha fatto chiamare, et quando sono stato dent'ro, mi ha detto ridendo, che se bene era cosa leggieri, per la quale mi hauea fatto dimandare, era per'o un suo gusto et seguit'o, come fa fabricare una Capella qui nella Minerua in memoria de' suoi, Padre, Madre et fratelli, et desiderando, che nell'altare di essa ci fosse il quadro fatto da uallente huomo, se bene qui ce ne sono et in particulare ha Iseppino, non dimeno si sodisfarebbe assai hauerlo di mano del Baroccio.
- ^ desidera non si sappia da altri tal pratica, massime per rispetto d'Iseppino
References
- ^ S2CID 191366145.
- S2CID 191405038.
- ^ Emiliani, Andrea (1985). Federico Barocci (Urbino 1535-1612). Bologna: Nuova Alfa Editoriale. pp. 376–385.
- ISBN 9780521781879. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- JSTOR 3051378.
- ISBN 9780271056401. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- JSTOR 3177346.