Madonna of the Pinks
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The Madonna of the Pinks (c. 1506 – 1507,
Subject matter
The painting depicts a youthful
Provenance
The subject matter and size of the painting, little larger than a
In the 19th century it was property of the painter Vincenzo Camuccini, supposedly bought by his brother, the infamous art dealer and serial forger Pietro under highly dubious circumstances.
Attribution to Raphael
Only in 1991 was the painting identified as a genuine Raphael,
An early critic of the attribution of the National Gallery's painting Madonna of the Pinks to Raphael was James Beck, who set out his arguments in a series of articles published in the popular press, in various scholarly journals,[4] and more extensively in a posthumous publication From Duccio to Raphael: Connoisseurship in Crisis (2007). Brian Sewell notably criticised the painting for being of low quality and possibly forged, pointing out how the Madonna's right leg seems disconnected from her body.[citation needed]
Painting materials
The palette is relatively limited compared to other works by Raphael.
See also
References
- National Gallery, London press release upon acquisition of the painting in 2004
- 2004 Review: The Annual Report of the National Art Collections Fund
- Ingrid Schade-Schlieder, Die Kopien der "Madonna mit der Nelke" von Raffael, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Würzburg (2009)
- Patrizia Cavazzini and Pier Ludovico Puddu, “The Provenance of Raphael’s ‘Madonna of the Pinks’”, The Burlington Magazine no. 160 (October 2018), pp. 833-839
- Jan Sammer, Seventy-Two Virgins: The Many Faces of Raphael’s Madonna of the Pinks - a comparative study of all known versions of the composition
- Luca Baroni, “La Madonna dei Garofani di Raffaello e le sue copie: Raffaello nella Urbino dei Della Rovere - 1”, Studi Raffaelleschi no. 1 (2022), pp. 32-61.
Notes
- ^ Lisa Jardine (28 June 2003). "Heavenly creature". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ^ Nicholas Penny, “Raphael's 'Madonna dei garofani' Rediscovered” The Burlington Magazine vol. 124, no. 1067 (February 1992)
- ^ "British campaign to 'save' a popular Titian". The New York Times. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ^ “Raphael’s "Madonna of the Pinks": A Connoisseurship Challenge” Notes in the History of Art , Winter 2005, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 50-59)
- ^ Roy, A., Spring, M., Plazzotta, C. “Raphael’s Early Work in the National Gallery: Paintings before Rome”. National Gallery Technical Bulletin Vol 25, pp 4–35.
- ^ Raphael, Madonna of the Pinks, ColourLex
External links
- Official website
- Excerpt from an interview with the late art historian Brian Sewell
- Media related to Madonna of the Pinks by Raphael at Wikimedia Commons