Luca Longhi (Ravenna 1507-1580) The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist accompanied by an angel oil on canvas 61.4 x 52.7cm (24 3/16 x 20 3/4in). Fußnoten Provenance Probably the Collection of Conte Carlo Galletti Abbiosi, Ravenna, 1853 Private collection, Ravenna Literature A. Cappi Luca Longhi illustrato dal Conte Alessandro Cappi, Ravenna 1853, p. 167 O. Piccolo and S. Andriani, 'Un Luca Longhi 'riscoperto': restauro e indagini tecniche e stilistico-comparative su una 'Madonna con Bambino, S. Giovannino e un angelo'', in Arte Cristiana, no. 913, July/August 2019, pp. 292-303 Described by Vasari in his second edition of Le Vite as a 'uomo di natura buono, quieto e studioso [...] ha fatto e fa le sue cose con pacienza e studio', Luca Longhi never left his native Ravenna. Known as the Raffaello di Ravenna, the elegance and restraint of Longhi's work reveal the influence of Raphael and his circle, known to the artist through the former's Emilian followers such as Lorenzo Costa and Innocenzo da Imola. Few works by him are dated making it difficult to construct the progression of his career. However, the present work does come close to his Madonna and Child enthroned with Saints Paul and Anthony of Padua commissioned in 1543, which is now in the Pinacoteca di Brera. Given the close similarities between, in particular the figure of the Infant Saint John the Baptist in the present work and the young Christ in the act of blessing in the Brera altarpiece, the current Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist attended by an angel could most probably date to the first half of the 1540s. Alessandro Cappi, art-historian, director of both the Accademia delle Belle Arti and the Biblioteca Classense in Ravenna, records seeing a work by Longhi, described as 'La Vergine, che al putto dà il latte, s. Giovanni, e un Angeletto [sic] in atto di adorare.', at the Ravenna home of the Conte Carlo Galletti Abbiosi. This description fits the present work, as do the dimensions of the painting. We are grateful to Prof. Daniele Benati for confirming the attribution to Luca Longhi on the basis of a colour photograph.
Luca Longhi (Ravenna 1507-1580) The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist accompanied by an angel oil on canvas 61.4 x 52.7cm (24 3/16 x 20 3/4in). Fußnoten Provenance Probably the Collection of Conte Carlo Galletti Abbiosi, Ravenna, 1853 Private collection, Ravenna Literature A. Cappi Luca Longhi illustrato dal Conte Alessandro Cappi, Ravenna 1853, p. 167 O. Piccolo and S. Andriani, 'Un Luca Longhi 'riscoperto': restauro e indagini tecniche e stilistico-comparative su una 'Madonna con Bambino, S. Giovannino e un angelo'', in Arte Cristiana, no. 913, July/August 2019, pp. 292-303 Described by Vasari in his second edition of Le Vite as a 'uomo di natura buono, quieto e studioso [...] ha fatto e fa le sue cose con pacienza e studio', Luca Longhi never left his native Ravenna. Known as the Raffaello di Ravenna, the elegance and restraint of Longhi's work reveal the influence of Raphael and his circle, known to the artist through the former's Emilian followers such as Lorenzo Costa and Innocenzo da Imola. Few works by him are dated making it difficult to construct the progression of his career. However, the present work does come close to his Madonna and Child enthroned with Saints Paul and Anthony of Padua commissioned in 1543, which is now in the Pinacoteca di Brera. Given the close similarities between, in particular the figure of the Infant Saint John the Baptist in the present work and the young Christ in the act of blessing in the Brera altarpiece, the current Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist attended by an angel could most probably date to the first half of the 1540s. Alessandro Cappi, art-historian, director of both the Accademia delle Belle Arti and the Biblioteca Classense in Ravenna, records seeing a work by Longhi, described as 'La Vergine, che al putto dà il latte, s. Giovanni, e un Angeletto [sic] in atto di adorare.', at the Ravenna home of the Conte Carlo Galletti Abbiosi. This description fits the present work, as do the dimensions of the painting. We are grateful to Prof. Daniele Benati for confirming the attribution to Luca Longhi on the basis of a colour photograph.
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