Christ in the Garden

Simone Peterzanoaround 1580 - 1590

Details

Title: Christ in the Garden
Creator Lifespan: active 1572 - 1596
Creator Nationality: Italian
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Birth Place: Milan
Date: around 1580 - 1590
Provenance: Archbishop's Picture Gallery, Monti Collection
Physical Dimensions: w102.5 x h132.5 cm
Painter: Simone Peterzano
Description: The subject of this work fits into the intensely religious climate of the art world at the time of Saint Charles Borromeo and was a response to his official recommendations to artists, condemning inventiveness in favor of easily readable images and compositions. This canvas, while adhering to the austere climate of that time, stands out both for its extremely accurate painting technique, and for the striking effects of light that enhance the naturalism of the composition.On the basis of iconographic connections to examples of works by Antonio Campi, whose first known version of Christ in the Garden is dated 1577, and also because of the stylistic features commonly found in other works done by Peterzano in Milan, the painting can be dated to the beginning of the penultimate decade of the sixteenth century.
Type: painting
Rights: © Archivio fotografico Museo Diocesano, Milano
Medium: Oil on canvas

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