Artwork
Madonna im Rosenhag
Madonna im Rosenhag is an unspecified painting by the Early Renaissance artist Francesco Francia. It dates from 1500 and is held in the collection of the Bavarian State Painting Collections.
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Subject & Meaning
Created by Francesco Francia in 1500, the work presents these figures within a setting that combines devotional imagery with symbolic floral elements.
The painting depicts the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child, identified as the main subject of the work. As a piece of religious art, the composition centers on the traditional Madonna and Child theme. The title, translating to 'Madonna in the Rose Hedge,' suggests the inclusion of a rose enclosure, a motif often associated with Mary's purity and the concept of the hortus conclusus.
Created by Francesco Francia in 1500, the work presents these figures within a setting that combines devotional imagery with symbolic floral elements.
Technique & Style
The work is an oil painting on wood panel, depicting the Madonna with the Child in a garden setting. Its dimensions are 174.5 cm in height and 131.5 cm in width, and it is housed in the Bavarian State Painting Collections at the Alte Pinakothek. The composition emphasizes intimate interaction between mother and child, rendered with refined modeling of flesh tones and delicate attention to botanical detail, characteristic of early 16th-century Italian devotional painting.
History & Provenance
The work was created by Francesco Francia in 1500 as a religious painting depicting the Virgin Mary with the infant Christ. It remains in the collection of the Bavarian State Painting Collections and is housed in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. The dimensions are 174.5 cm by 131.5 cm.
Madonna im Rosenhag by Francesco Francia is held in the Bavarian State Painting Collections and is on display at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. The work, dated to 1500, is catalogued as a religious painting depicting the Madonna and Child.
No specific inventory or accession number is recorded in the available sources, and no exhibition history beyond its current placement at the Alte Pinakothek is documented.
Legacy
The altarpiece influenced Baroque devotional painting through its intimate portrayal of the Virgin and Child within a blooming rose garden setting, establishing compositional precedents later adopted by 17th-century artists seeking emotional immediacy in sacred imagery. Its placement in the Bavarian State Painting Collections has ensured continued scholarly attention to Francia's role in transitional Renaissance painting styles, though its specific impact on subsequent religious art remains documented only through stylistic analysis of contemporary copies.
Overview
Madonna im Rosenhag is a painting created by Italian Renaissance artist Francesco Francia in 1500. The work features the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child in a serene, enclosed setting.
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Artist
Francesco Francia, whose real name was Francesco Raibolini (1447 – 5 January 1517), was an Italian painter, goldsmith, and medallist from Bologna, who was also director of the city mint.
