Realization: Allegri, Antonio Dit il Correggio, Dit Le Corrège (Correggio, 1484 - Correggio, March 5, 1534) (Painter)
The Holy Family with little John the Baptist
The Holy Family with little John the Baptist
Production : 1519
Area: Painting
Technique(s): Poplar (oil painting)
Dimensions : H. 64 cm ; W. 52 cm
Inventory no.: PE.1101.A
Photo credit(s) :
Camus, Christophe
Lauginie, François
Cartel
As early as the 17th century, when the painting was at the Château de Versailles, Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) questioned its attribution, and its state of preservation was deemed critical. The work was definitively returned to Corrège in 1921 by Roberto Longhi (1890-1970) and its recent restoration, made necessary by the deterioration of successive repaints and varnishes, has restored the homogeneous composition, style and refined material of the painter.
Correggio was one of the most important painters of the second Italian Renaissance. Trained in the circle of Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506), he drew on the lessons of Leonardo and Raphael (1452-1519) or Raphael (1483-1520) and the warm palette of Venice to develop a new style, imbued with softness and sensuality. sensuality. His compositions, among the most prized by European collectors until the end of the 18th century, had a decisive influence on French and Italian painters of the 16th and 17th centuries.
This painting belongs to the artist's youth. After a stay in Rome around 1517-1520, the painter expressed his admiration for Raphael's Madonnas, from which he borrowed the attitudes of the figures. Saint Joseph repeats the pose of the same figure in The Madonna of Loreto by Raphaël (Chantilly, Musée Condé), the little Saint John offering the cruciform staff to Jesus is similar to the same motif in the Duke of Alba's Madonna (Washington, National Gallery of Art), the Child's pose seems inspired by the Madonna with goldfinch (Florence, Uffizi Gallery). After probably belonging to the Gonzaga collections, the painting was acquired in the 1620s by Charles I of England. After his death, it passed into the collection of the banker Everhard Jabach, who sold it to Louis XIV in 1662. Installed in the royal apartments at Versailles, the painting was transferred to the Louvre after the French Revolution, before being moved to Orléans in 1872.
Provenance
Mantua, Gonzaga collection.
Charles I of England collection (1600-1649), 1620s.
Purchase by Everhard Jabach (1618-1695), 1649.
Purchased by Louis XIV (1638-1715) from Everhard Jabach, 1662.
Petite Galerie de Versailles, 1701-1754.
Revolutionary seizure.
Transferred to the Louvre Palace.
Exhibited at the Louvre.
State deposit at the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans, 1872.
Transfer of ownership from the State to the City of Orléans, 2007.
School
Italy
Location
Museum of Fine Arts
2nd floor
Room: Renaissance in Italy