Madonna and Child with St. Athony of Padua
Technical Details
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Title
Madonna and Child with St. Athony of Padua -
Author
Antoon van Dyck -
Year
1630 - 2 -
Dimensions
cm 189 x 158 -
Inventory
87 -
Room
XXXI
This painting came to the Brera from the Louvre along with another four Flemish paintings in exchange for work by 15th and 16th century Lombard and Venetian painters. The Madonna is likely to have been painted during Van Dyck’s second period of residence in Verona because its style harks back to Italian, especially Venetian, Renaissance art, the Virgin’s pose and features clearly echoing the work of Titian.