Doni Tondo
The Doni Tondo is one of the most famous paintings by Michelangelo Buonarroti and the Italian Renaissance.
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The Holy Family with the Infant Jesus is after the first owner of the image also Tondo Doni, Doni Madonna rarely mentioned. It is still taken from its original context and is the only completely undisputed panel paintings of the artist. In the middle ground, on the wall, which is the group of figures in the foreground of which delimits in the background, another boy, who due to the slung camel coat (attribute of John the Baptist ), presumably as a John the Baptist to be identified.
About the image has been much speculation. Until the 17th century it was generally only as a devotional image, showing how Joseph Mary, who has just finished her reading, the Christ child is enough. Only then tried to see in the picture an allegory. So is the main group in the foreground for the Catholic Church are available during the file in the background, which are interpreted by some as fauns, represent symbols of classical antiquity. Other researchers see in the figures in the background, an allegory of the age, and thus alludes to the transience of life. Also, attempts are made to recognize different symbols in the image. So, for example, should the file in the background, representing the humanity ante Legem, Mary and Joseph, the humanity sub Lege and the Christ Child, the humanity sub Gratia. It has also been suggested that Michelangelo has the name of Agnolo Doni, for whom he painted the panel, shown in the encrypted image by Maria Joseph asks her to give her child ( Dono = gift ).
Equally controversial is the time of the creation. Vasari wrote in 1550 that the image before Bacchus, now in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello is, originated in Florence. In the edition of 1568 he revised this view and argues for a later date of composition. Around 1893, it is dated by Grimm to the year 1503. Giovanni Poggi introduced in 1907 on the thesis that the presence of the coat of arms of the Strozzi on the frame is a sure sign that the image has been painted as a wedding gift for Antonio Maddalena Strozzi Doni with. The celebrations lasted from the end of 1503 to the beginning of the year 1504. Contrast struck Fritz Baumgart (1934 /35) a later emergence of the image, parallel to the Sistine ceiling, above. The also agreed Sandro Botari (1941 ) to. Charles de Tolnay ( 1946-1953 ) remained of the view that a formation near the boxes to the Battle of Cascina was likely. In the following years, however, the thesis Poggi prevailed for most researchers. In 1985 a thorough restoration of the work, which has led to some surprises. The previously pale colors shone now with an intensity that exceeds the long held view, Michelangelo would not necessarily have been a good colorist disproved. At the same time been most frequently found dating had to be corrected. More clearly than before now showed a direct dependence of the figure poses of the famous Laocoon Group, which was, however, discovered in January 1506, so that now an emergence time between that date and the commencement of work on the Sistine ceiling most likely seems.