ITALIAN SCHOOL circa 1630, after ROSSO - Lot 115

Lot n° 115
Go to lot
Estimation :
1500 - 2000 EUR
Result with fees
Result : 4 940EUR
ITALIAN SCHOOL circa 1630, after ROSSO - Lot 115
ITALIAN SCHOOL circa 1630, after ROSSO Saint Mary Magdalene Penitent in Ecstasy with an Angel Canvas mounted on a parquet panel 100 x 76 cm Restoration. No frame Note : Our painting reproduces, with numerous variations, Rosso Fiorentino's Death of Cleopatra, painted by the artist during his Roman period between 1524 and 1527 and now in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Brunswick (see D. Franklin, Rosso in Italy, New Haven London, 1994, reproduced in fig. 112). Rosso's painting was an enormous success, and various versions of it are known to have been distributed throughout Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. Among the most famous works are Caravaggio's Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, preserved in a Roman collection, which takes up Rosso Fiorentino's composition and transforms it into a religious subject, and the Lorraine paintings by Jacques de Bellange and his entourage, who transformed the model into Saint Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy with an Angel, known through several versions. This change of subject from Cleopatra to Mary Magdalene can be explained by the Egyptian queen's great sensuality, which was very well suited to the representation of Mary Magdalene.
My orders
Sale information
Sales conditions
Return to catalogue