Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Madonna and Child between Saints Ignatius of Antioch and Onuphrius
Alternate Title:
Madonna col Bambino e i santi Ignazio di Antiochia e Onofrio
Image View:
Overall view without frame
Creator:
Lorenzo Lotto (Italian painter, ca. 1480-1556)
Location:
repository: Galleria Borghese (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 193
Location Note:
Piazzale del Museo Borghese 5
GPS:
41.914 12.492
Date:
1508 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Classification:
painting
Material:
oil paint on wood panel
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
51 cm (height) x 65 cm (width)
Description:
The painting uses the Holy Conversation composition, with the Madonna and Child in the center between two saints, a scheme widely used by Giovanni Bellini and other Venetian painters of the time. The saint on the left offers the Christ Child a pierced heart, symbol of the Passion. This has also led to identification as Ignatius of Antioch: according to the legend, after his death his heart opened and the name of Jesus (as referred by Lotto with the monogram YHS on it) in golden letters. Some scholars identify the saint as St. Flavian of Ricina. On the right is Onuphrius the hermit, whose character was inspired by Dürer's Christ among the Doctors, which the German artist had painted in Venice in 1506. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-LOT-GB-MCA-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Madonna and Child between Saints Ignatius of Antioch and Onuphrius