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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Il Grechetto (Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione) Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Italian; Genoan Creator Role: painter Creator Dates/Places: 1609 - 1664 Gender: M Creator Name-CRT: Il Grechetto (Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione) Title: The Immaculate Conception with Saint Francis and Anthony of Padua View: front Creation Start Date: 1640 Creation End Date: 1660 Creation Date: about 1650 Object Type: Paintings Classification Term: oil on canvas Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas Dimensions: H.144-5/8 x W.87 in AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA ID Number: 66.39 Credit Line: The Putnam Dana McMillan Fund Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html Context: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione is known for paintings that combine the high drama and emotion of baroque art with elements of Venetian colorism and Flemish naturalism. These influences blend most successfully in The Immaculate Conception with Saints Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua, a work created when he was at the peak of his artistic powers. The painting was commissioned in 1649 by Cardinal Girolamo Verospi for a new church at the Capuchin monastery in Osimo, a small town in central Italy near the Adriatic coast. It was to be placed over the high altar. Because the church was being dedicated to the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, the composition of the altarpiece needed to reflect the doctrine that Mary was conceived without sin. Castiglione depicted her as the Queen of Heaven, standing on a crescent moon and attended by a heavenly host and two kneeling saints, Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua. The coat of arms at the lower left attests that all expenses for the commission were borne by the church's archdeacon and patron, Pier Filippo Fiorenzi. This painting underwent an extensive and complex restoration during the fall of 1999. The seven-week-long process was fully documented through text, video, and photography and can be viewed in the interactive computer program located through the doorway to the left of the painting. AMICA ID: MIA_.66.39 Component Measured: overall Measurement Unit: in AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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