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The '''''Madonna of the Magnificat''''', {{lang-it|Madonna del Magnificat}}, is a painting of circular or ''[[tondo (art)|tondo]]'' form by the [[Italian Renaissance]] painter [[Sandro Botticelli]]. It is also referred to as the ''Virgin and Child with Five Angels.'' In the ''tondo'', we see the Virgin Mary writing the ''[[Magnificat]]'' with her right hand, with a pomegranate in her left, as two angels crown her with the Christ child on her lap. It is now in the galleries of the [[Uffizi]], in [[Florence]]. |
The '''''Madonna of the Magnificat''''', {{lang-it|Madonna del Magnificat}}, is a painting of circular or ''[[tondo (art)|tondo]]'' form by the [[Italian Renaissance]] painter [[Sandro Botticelli]]. It is also referred to as the ''Virgin and Child with Five Angels.'' In the ''tondo'', we see the Virgin Mary writing the ''[[Magnificat]]'' with her right hand, with a pomegranate in her left, as two angels crown her with the Christ child on her lap. It is now in the galleries of the [[Uffizi]], in [[Florence]]. |
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== History == |
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| ⚫ | The work portrays the Virgin Mary crowned by two angels. She is writing the opening of the ''[[Magnificat]]'' on the right-hand page of a book; on the left page is part of the ''[[Benedictus (Song of Zechariah)|Benedictus]]''. In her left hand she holds a [[pomegranate]].<ref name=susan/> Mary is thought to be a portrait of [[Lucrezia Tornabuoni]], wife of [[Piero di Cosimo de' Medici|Piero de' Medici]], and the two angels holding the book to be her sons [[Lorenzo il Magnifico|Lorenzo]] and [[Giuliano de' Medici|Giuliano]]. |
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==History== |
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The history of the painting is not known |
The history of the painting is not known, but the Uffizi acquired it from a private collection in 1784.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Virgin and Child, and Angels (Madonna of the Magnificat) {{!}} Artworks {{!}} Uffizi Galleries|url=https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/virgin-and-child-and-angels-madonna-of-the-magnificat|access-date=2020-11-14|website=www.uffizi.it|language=en}}</ref> It may have come from one of the many monasteries suppressed by the [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Archduke Pietro Leopoldo]]. There are several copies of the painting, including one in the [[Louvre]], one in the [[Pierpont Morgan Library]] in New York. In the Louvre's copy, the leftmost angel, crowning the Virgin, is erased, leaving room for a large spread of wings for the highest angel in the trio to the left.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Gebhart|first=Emile|title=Botticelli|publisher=Parkstone International|year=2010|isbn=9781780429953|location=|pages=}}</ref> |
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== Description == |
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| ⚫ | The work portrays the Virgin Mary crowned by two angels. She is writing the opening of the ''[[Magnificat]]'' on the right-hand page of a book; on the left page is part of the ''[[Benedictus (Song of Zechariah)|Benedictus]]''. In her left hand she holds a [[pomegranate]].<ref name="susan" /> Mary is thought to be a portrait of [[Lucrezia Tornabuoni]], wife of [[Piero di Cosimo de' Medici|Piero de' Medici]], and the two angels holding the book to be her sons [[Lorenzo il Magnifico|Lorenzo]] and [[Giuliano de' Medici|Giuliano]]. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 19:10, 16 November 2020
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| Artist | Sandro Botticelli |
| Year | 1481 |
| Medium | Tempera |
| Dimensions | 118 cm × 119 cm (46 in × 47 in) |
| Location | Uffizi, Florence |
The Madonna of the Magnificat, Template:Lang-it, is a painting of circular or tondo form by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. It is also referred to as the Virgin and Child with Five Angels. In the tondo, we see the Virgin Mary writing the Magnificat with her right hand, with a pomegranate in her left, as two angels crown her with the Christ child on her lap. It is now in the galleries of the Uffizi, in Florence.
History
The history of the painting is not known, but the Uffizi acquired it from a private collection in 1784.[1] It may have come from one of the many monasteries suppressed by the Archduke Pietro Leopoldo. There are several copies of the painting, including one in the Louvre, one in the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. In the Louvre's copy, the leftmost angel, crowning the Virgin, is erased, leaving room for a large spread of wings for the highest angel in the trio to the left.[2]
Description
The work portrays the Virgin Mary crowned by two angels. She is writing the opening of the Magnificat on the right-hand page of a book; on the left page is part of the Benedictus. In her left hand she holds a pomegranate.[3] Mary is thought to be a portrait of Lucrezia Tornabuoni, wife of Piero de' Medici, and the two angels holding the book to be her sons Lorenzo and Giuliano. In his book 'The Agony and The Ecstasy', about Michelangelo's life, the writer Irving Stone, who spent several years living in Florence, Italy, claims that the painting was actually made for the Medici family at the time.
References
- ^ "Virgin and Child, and Angels (Madonna of the Magnificat) | Artworks | Uffizi Galleries". www.uffizi.it. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ Gebhart, Emile (2010). Botticelli. Parkstone International. ISBN 9781780429953.
- ^ Susan Schibanoff (March 1994). "Botticelli's Madonna del Magnificat: Constructing the Woman Writer in Early Humanist Italy". PMLA 109(2): 190-206. (subscription required)
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