Altarpiece of the Madonna and Child with Saints, in Its Architectural Setting

1528/1537

Perino del Vaga

Associated Names
Perino del Vaga

Artist, Italian, 1501 - 1547

The image shows a sketch of a seated figure at the center, potentially on a throne, with two other standing figures close by. The central figure is holding a smaller figure on their lap. The sketch does not show detailed facial features or hair, but instead the figures from head to toe. The figures are wearing robes or draped garments, with flowing lines in the sketch to represent this. No jewelry or objects other than the smaller figure are included in the sketch. Around the scene is an architectural structure with columns and an arch, decorated with ornamental elements above, suggesting a religious or ceremonial setting. The background consists of the architectural features, without any additional scenery depicted.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

August Artaria, Vienna (1807-1893)(Lugt 33). Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt [c. 1840-1914], Berlin. (Lugt 2926). Eva Dencker-Winkler, by 1988; NGA purchase in 1988.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • Italian Renaissance Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1988, no cat.

2001

  • "Perino del Vaga: tra Raffaello e Michelangelo" ("Perino del Vaga: between Raphael and Michelangelo"), Centro Internazionale d'Arte e di Cultura di Palazzo Te, Mantua, 2001, no. 43.

2020

  • Raphael and His Circle: Prints and Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2020, no cat.

Bibliography

1992

  • Wolk-Simon, Linda. "The Pala Doria and Andrea Doria's Mortuary Chapel: A Newly Discovered Project by Perino del Vaga." Artibus et Historiae, no. 26, 1992, pp. 163-175.

1997

  • sale cat., Christie's, New York, 30 January 1997, p. 18, under no. 7, reproduced.

1998

  • Parma, Elena. "Un progetto di Perino del Vaga per la pala dell'altar maggiore di S. Maria degli Angeli di Apricale." In Gedenkschrift für Richard Harprath. Ed. by Wolfgang Liegenwein and Anchise Tempestini. Munich, 1998: 339, 344, note 4, fig. 6.

1999

  • La pittura in Liguria:Il Cinquecento. Banca Carige, Genova, 1999: 21, fig. 10.

Inscriptions

[on recto are artist's notations regarding altarpiece measurements]; lower left verso in graphite: No 61

Wikidata ID

Q64619303

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