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Artist of Fontainebleau School

Charity, ca. 1550

Now On View

Description

Maker

  • Artist of Fontainebleau School, French

Title

Charity

Year

ca. 1550

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

158.1 x 133.4 cm (62 1/4 x 52 1/2 inches)

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

57.157

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Intermission

December 16, 2016 - July 2, 2017

The Facts of Life

June 24 - October 23, 1988

European Galleries

The central figure of this allegorical painting represents Charity, who nurses one child while tenderly protecting five other mischievous babies. Her monumental figure and serpentine drapery emulate the dynamism of Italian painters and sculptors whose innovations exploded the rules of Renaissance classicism in the 1500s. Aspects of Italian Mannerism, including elongated figures and strained poses, spread to France and the Netherlands and were widely disseminated through engravings. Embraced by the French king François I, who brought artists from Italy to decorate his country palace, a French version of Mannerism became known as the Fontainebleau School.

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