Fra Paolino da Pistoia, 1490 – 1547 MADONNA DI... Lot 216

Fra Paolino da Pistoia, 1490 – 1547 MADONNA DI LORETO Oil on wood. 120 x 91 cm. With two old British labels on verso. In beautiful plastic carved and gilded frame of the 17th century. Enclosed is a copy of an expert opinion by Alessandro Delpriori, Florence, no date, emphasizing the good quality of the present painting. In essence, da Pistoia adopts the well-known composition by Raphael of 1511 in the Musée Condé (Chantilly, France), which, moreover, has the same dimensions as our picture and was probably once in the Scipione Borghese collection. A bed with white sheets and pillows introduces the painting, on which the Christ Child is lying and stretching out his arms. Mary, standing behind the bed, refers to the child by stretching one arm forward in an incredible foreshortening and letting a transparent veil hang down, which the child is about to reach for. On the right behind Joseph leaning on a staff. The back wall covered with textile. On two panels, joined vertically in the center. Rest. Note: The Dominican friar Fra Paolino da Pistoia studied under Bernardino del Signoraccio, whose style refers to Perugino and can be found especially in Pistoia's early work. In 1509 he went to Florence and worked in the workshop of Fra Bartolomeo, which he took over after Fra Bartolomeo's death. In 1526 he moved with the entire workshop to Pistoia, and after his death the workshop activity also ceased. Literature: Cf. Ralph Nicholson Wornum (ed.), Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters, London 1855, p. 130. (1290033) (3) (13) Fra Paolino da Pistoia, 1490 - 1547 MADONNA DI LORETOOil on panel. 120 x 91 cm. A copy of the expert's report by Alessandro Delpriori, Florence, n.d. is enclosed, emphasizing the painting's good quality. Pistoia essentially copies the famous composition by Raphael held at the Musée Condé (Chantilly, France), created in 1511, which has the same dimensions and was once held at the Scipione Borghese collection. Literature: cf. Ralph Nicholson Wornum (ed.), Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters, London 1855, p. 130.