Artwork
Maria mit Kind
Maria mit Kind is an oil painting by the Rococo painting artist Jacopo Amigoni. It dates from 1713 and is held in the collection of the Bavarian State Painting Collections.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
The pairing invites contemplation of the mystery of God made flesh, presented through the accessible, human form of a mother and her infant.
The painting depicts the Madonna and Child, a foundational subject in Christian religious art. Its main subject is identified as Mary holding the Christ Child, rendered in oil on canvas. Classified as a religious work, the image belongs to the long iconographic tradition of the Virgin with Infant, in which maternal tenderness and divine incarnation are conveyed through the intimate pairing of mother and son.
As a devotional image, the Madonna and Child motif traditionally expresses themes of divine love, incarnation, and maternal protection. Within this devotional framework, the figures of Mary and the Christ Child carry symbolic weight: Mary represents both humanity and the Church as the Mother of God, while the Christ Child signifies the Incarnation and the promise of salvation. The pairing invites contemplation of the mystery of God made flesh, presented through the accessible, human form of a mother and her infant.
Technique & Style
Maria mit Kind is executed in oil paint on canvas, a standard support for early eighteenth-century Italian devotional paintings. The work measures 83 cm in height by 65.8 cm in width, producing a modestly scaled, vertically oriented composition suited to private devotion. Stylistically, the painting belongs to the late Baroque tradition of religious art, depicting the Madonna and Child as its principal subject.
The handling is consistent with Jacopo Amigoni's mature practice of the period, employing fluid brushwork and a warm, luminous palette typical of Venetian-influenced religious imagery of the early 1710s.
History & Provenance
The painting was created in 1713 by Jacopo Amigoni, as indicated by both the artist’s records and the work’s documented inception date.
By the early 20th century, the painting entered the collection of the Bavarian State Painting Collections and has remained in their holdings at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. The canvas measures 83 cm in height and 65.8 cm in width.
The painting is held by the Bavarian State Painting Collections and is located at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.
It is inventoried as accession number 1020 in the Alte Pinakothek’s holdings.
The work has not been recorded as included in any documented exhibitions in the provided sources.
Overview
Jacopo Amigoni’s Maria mit Kind (1713) is an oil painting that presents a quiet, intimate scene of a woman cradling an infant. Executed in the early eighteenth century, the work belongs to the collection of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. Its composition centers on the tender interaction between the figures, set against a muted, darkened backdrop that emphasizes their forms.
Artist & collection
Artist
Jacopo Amigoni (born Giacomo Amiconi; 1682 – September 1752), was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period, who began his career in Venice, but traveled and was prolific throughout Europe, where his sumptuous portraits were…
