Madonna and Child in Glory with St. Bartholomew, St. John the Baptist, St. Albert and St. Jerome

Camillo Boccaccino

Download hi-res image TITLE Madonna and Child in Glory with St. Bartholomew, St. John the Baptist, St. Albert and St. Jerome
AUTHOR Camillo Boccaccino
DATE 1536
OBJECT TYPE AND MATERIAL Oil on canvas
DIMENSIONS cm 296 x 165
INVENTORY 88
ROOM XV
Work on display

Though he died young, Camillo Boccaccino had a major influence on painting in Cremona. In a landscape defined by glowing chiaroscuro, the saints turn to the Virgin with theatrical gesture, their features lost in admiration or enrapt merely accentuating the intensity of the scene. The result is that the artist’s numerous state-of-the-art references, such as Raphael’s mature work, Dosso Dossi’s intense palette or Pordenone’s tortured anatomies, take second place to the reality of the sentiments depicted.