A common theme of the Italian Renaissance, the Madonna with child was often studied and represented by Mantegna throughout his life. In comparison to previous representations characterised by a stiff and awkward rendering of shapes, this is a more intimate and private interpretation of the divine duo with a softer pictorial and more harmonious compositional quality. The particular attention paid to representing reality reveals that the Virgin Mary shows an enlarged neck, with a protruding ovoidal mass.
Traversari Mirko, Ballestriero Roberta, Galassi Francesco M. (2017). A likely case of goiter in the Madonna col Bambino dormiente (1465/1470) by Andrea Mantegna (1431--1506). JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION, 40(2), 237-238 [10.1007/s40618-016-0548-z].
A likely case of goiter in the Madonna col Bambino dormiente (1465/1470) by Andrea Mantegna (1431--1506)
TRAVERSARI, MIRKO;
2017
Abstract
A common theme of the Italian Renaissance, the Madonna with child was often studied and represented by Mantegna throughout his life. In comparison to previous representations characterised by a stiff and awkward rendering of shapes, this is a more intimate and private interpretation of the divine duo with a softer pictorial and more harmonious compositional quality. The particular attention paid to representing reality reveals that the Virgin Mary shows an enlarged neck, with a protruding ovoidal mass.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
