Gentileschi and Van Dyck in Turin
November 28 2024
Picture: Gallerie d'Italia
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Gallerie d'Italia in Turin have just yesterday opened a new temporary exhibition focusing on two paintings loaned from the Corsini Gallery in Rome. The works on display are Orazio Gentileschi's Madonna and Child of c. 1610, and Anthony Van Dyck's Madonna of the Straw dated 1625-27.
According to the museum's website:
Approximately ten years separate the two paintings, which are two different interpretations of the so-called "Madonna of the Milk", a highly successful iconography that was created to tangibly visualise Mary's role as the mother of Christ.
Gentileschi's painting bears witness to the novelty of Caravaggio's revolution and of painting "from nature", which transforms the sacred theme into an intimate, everyday moment. [...]
Van Dyck, on the other hand, following in the footsteps of the great masters of the Italian Renaissance, reinterprets the theme with a strong symbolic density, placing it in the context of the Nativity. [...]
The pair will be on view in Turin until 12th January 2025.
