Giorgione (1477/8–1510)
Castelfranco Madonna/ Madonna da Castelfranco, c. 1504
The Madonna and Child Between St. Francis and St. Nicasius
Oil on Canvas
200 x 152 cm
Cathedral of San Liberale, Castelfranco
Commissioned by Tuzio Constanzo, a member of the Order of Malta, the Castelfranco Madonna was produced in memory of his son, Matteo. Tuzio was a condottiero, one of the warlords of Italian city-states during the late Middle Ages. His son died, probably whilst serving him, for the Republic of Venice in the early 1500s. He was killed in a place called Serenissima and this artwork, together with a family chapel, was created in his honor.
Giorgione (1477/8–1510)
Detail: Castelfranco Madonna/ Madonna da Castelfranco
The Madonna and Child
Cathedral of San Liberale, Castelfranco
The Madonna and Child or The Virgin and
Child is often the name of a work
of art which shows the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus. The word Madonna means
"My Lady" in Italian. Artworks of the Christ Child and his mother
Mary are part of the Roman Catholic tradition in many parts of the world
including Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, South America and the Philippines.
Paintings known as icons are also an important tradition of the Orthodox Church
and often show the Mary and the Christ Child. They are found particularly in
Eastern Europe, Russia, Egypt, the Middle East and India. More on The Madonna and Child
Giorgione (1477/8–1510)
Detail: Castelfranco Madonna/ Madonna da Castelfranco, c. 1504
St. Francis
Cathedral of San Liberale, Castelfranco
Saint Francis of Assisi (1181/1182
– 3 October 1226), was an Italian Roman Catholic friar and
preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of
Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land.
Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history.
In 1219, he went to Egypt in an attempt to convert the
Sultan to put an end to the conflict of the Crusades. By this point, the
Franciscan Order had grown to such an extent that its primitive organizational
structure was no longer sufficient. He returned to Italy to organize the Order.
In 1224, he received the stigmata, during the apparition of Seraphic angels in
a religious ecstasy making him the first recorded person to bear the wounds of
Christ's Passion. More on Saint Francis of
Assisi
Giorgione (1477/8–1510)
Detail: Castelfranco Madonna/ Madonna da Castelfranco, c. 1504
Saint Nicasius
Cathedral of San Liberale, Castelfranco
Saint Nicasius or Nicaise of Rheims (French: Saint-Nicaise; d. 407 or 451) was a bishop of Rheims. He founded the first cathedral in Rheims and is the patron saint of smallpox victims.
Sources placing his death in 407 credit him with prophesying the invasion of France by the Vandals. He notified his people of this vision, telling them to prepare. When asked if the people should fight or not, Nicasius responded, "Let us abide the mercy of God and pray for our enemies. I am ready to give myself for my people." Later, when the barbarians were at the gates of the city, he decided to attempt to slow them down so that more of his people could escape. He was killed by the Vandals either at the altar of his church or in its doorway. He was killed with Jucundus, his lector, Florentius, his deacon, and Eutropia, his virgin sister.
After the killing of Nicasius and his colleagues, the Vandals are said to have been frightened away from the area, according to some sources even leaving the treasure they had already gathered. More on Saint Nicasius
Giorgione (born Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco; c. 1477/8–1510) was an
Italian painter of the Venetian school in the High Renaissance from Venice,
whose career was cut off by his death at a little over 30. Giorgione is known
for the elusive poetic quality of his work, though only about six surviving
paintings are acknowledged for certain to be his work. The resulting
uncertainty about the identity and meaning of his art has made Giorgione one of
the most mysterious figures in European painting.
Together with Titian, who was slightly younger,
he is the founder of the distinctive Venetian school of Italian Renaissance
painting, which achieves much of its effect through colour and mood, and is
traditionally contrasted with the reliance on the more linear disegno-led style
of Florentine painting. More on Giorgione
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