Francesco Lazzaro Guardi
The Madonna Annunciate
Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
12 x 9 cm.; 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.
Private collection
The Madonna/ Virgin Annunciate is a painting that shows Mary interrupted at her reading by the Angel of the Annunciation.
The Annunciation referred to as the
Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the
Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the announcement by
the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and become the mother
of Jesus, the Son of God, marking his Incarnation. Gabriel told Mary to name
her son Yehoshua , meaning "YHWH is salvation".
According to Luke 1:26, the Annunciation
occurred "in the sixth month" of Elizabeth's pregnancy. Many
Christians observe this event with the Feast of the Annunciation on 25 March,
an approximation of the northern vernal equinox nine full months before
Christmas, the ceremonial birthday of Jesus. In England, this came to be known
as Lady Day. It marked the new year until 1752. The 2nd-century writer Irenaeus
of Lyon regarded the conception of Jesus as 25 March coinciding with the
Passion. More The
Annunciation
Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (October 5, 1712 –
January 1, 1793) was an
Italian painter of veduta, nobleman, and a member of the Venetian School. He is
considered to be among the last practitioners of the classic Venetian school of
painting.
In 1735,
Guardi moved to the workshop of Michele Marieschi, where he remained until
1743. His first certain works are from 1738, for a parish at Vigo d'Anuania, in
Trentino. In this period he worked alongside his older brother.
His works
in this period included both landscapes and figure compositions. In 1763 he
worked in Murano, in the church of San Pietro Martire, finishing a Miracle of a
Dominican Saint.
Francesco
Guardi's most important later works include the Doge's Feasts, a series of
twelve canvases celebrating the ceremonies held in 1763 for the election of
Doge Alvise IV Mocenigo. In circa 1778, he painted the severe Holy Trinity
Appearing to Sts. Peter and Paul in the parish church of Roncegno.
In 1782
Guardi was commissioned by the Venetian government six canvases to celebrate
the visit of the Russian Archdukes in the city, of which only two remain, and
two others for that of Pope Pius VI. On September 12 of that year he was
admitted to the Fine Art Academy of Venice.
Guardi died at Campiello de la Madona in
Cannaregio (Venice) in 1793. More on Francesco Lazzaro Guardi
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