Moretto da Brescia

Alessandro Moretto (* around 1490 or 1498 in Brescia, † December 1554 ) was an Italian painter and fresco artist.

Life

Alessandro Moretto, Alessandro Bonvicino actually called il Moretto Moretto da Brescia or even to identify with Alessandro Bonvicino, called il Moretto, who signed as some early works.

He was a student of Fioravante Feramola in Brescia, but rose through independent study after Titian, Jacopo Palma, called Il Nino Girolamo Roma Roma Nino to noble peculiarity and was already active as an artist in 1516. He died in 1555 in Brescia, where he lived preferably.

In his works he combines soulful expression, free and graceful posture with great freshness and delicacy of Fleischtons, a silver color and a graceful play of light and dark. Especially characterize his paintings bright backgrounds from which the figures confront the viewer with full life, and the skillful imitation of Atlas, velvet, gold and silver fabrics. His numerous religious images are evidence of deep religious feeling. The principal has the artist's native city of Brescia.

In the church of San elements to a large altarpiece, the St. Clement, Dominicus and Florian, Catherine and Magdalena, also is representing with the child in the midst of a choir of angels, Mary, and San Celso Nazaroe an Assumption. Moreover possess admirable pictures Moretto the Berlin Museum ( Maria and the healing Elisabeth with the Jesus child and the healing Johannes, including two priests kneeling, .. Adoration of the Shepherds ), the Städel Institute at Frankfort (Madonna on a throne with the four Latin fathers of the Church on the steps in front of it ), the Brera at Milan, the Belvedere at Vienna ( the healing. Justina, a major work of the Master see picture), the Hermitage in St. Petersburg and the Louvre in Paris. M. has also painted portraits of the same size and strength of the opinion of coloring.

Works

  • Last Supper, 1521-24, Brescia, San Giovanni Evangelista
  • St. Justina, 1520-30, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
  • Coronation of the Virgin with Saints ( Archangel Michael, Joseph, Francis of Assisi, Nicholas of Bari), 1534, Brescia, Saints Nazaro Celso, Cappella del Holy Sacrament
  • Christ in passion with Angel, 1550, Brescia, Pinacoteca civica Tosio Martinengo
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