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Materials:

oil on panel

Size Notes:

panel: 15 by 19 ?? in.; 40 by 49.8 cm.

Edition:

This arresting portrayal of Christ Blessing is one of the many paintings from the Veneto inspired by a now-lost prototype by Giovanni Bellini.1 It was painted by Jacopo da Valenza, of whom very little biographical detail is known. He was active throughout the Veneto from circa 1485-1509 in cities such as Serravalle, Belluno and Feltre. One of the earliest known works concretely attributed to him is a signed, bust-length Madonna and Child dated 1485 and formerly in the collection of Marino Pagani, Belluno.2Although the present panel has been given in the past to Pier Maria Pennacchi, a contemporary artist active in Treviso in the Veneto, Mauro Lucco was among the first art historians, alongside Federico Zeri and Carlo Volpe and later Trevisani, to see the youthful hand of Jacopo da Valenza at work here. Lucco dates this painting to about 1484-1485, placing it very early in the artists career, close in execution to Jacopos Pieta in the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt.3

Description:

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This arresting portrayal of Christ Blessing is one of the many paintings from the Veneto inspired by a now-lost prototype by Giovanni Bellini.1 It was painted by Jacopo da Valenza, of whom very little biographical detail is known. He was active throughout the Veneto from circa 1485-1509 in cities such as Serravalle, Belluno and Feltre. One of the earliest known works concretely attributed to him is a signed, bust-length Madonna and Child dated 1485 and formerly in the collection of Marino Pagani, Belluno.2Although the present panel has been given in the past to Pier Maria Pennacchi, a contemporary artist active in Treviso in the Veneto, Mauro Lucco was among the first art historians, alongside Federico Zeri and Carlo Volpe and later Trevisani, to see the youthful hand of Jacopo da Valenza at work here. Lucco dates this painting to about 1484-1485, placing it very early in the artists career, close in execution to Jacopos Pieta in the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt.3

Condition:

framed: 22 by 25 ? in.; 55.9 by 65.7 cm.