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The Vision of the Virgin Mary

Altobello Melone, Italian (Cremonian), (active ca. 1508–1535)
previously circle of Andrea Previtali (AKA Andreas Previtali; Andreas Bargamsis; Andrea Cordegliaghi), Italian (Venetian), (1470–November 7, 1528)
Martino Piazza (AKA Martino della Piazza), Italian, d. died 1527
Martino Piazza da Lodi, Italian, (ca. 1475–1523)

Creation date: ca. 1518-1520

Creation place: Italy

Other Information

Type: Oil Painting

Medium and Support: Oil on panel

Credit Line: Gift of Mr. Jacob M. Heimann

Accession Number: 1945.10

State/Province: Lombardy

Dimensions: 13 1/2 in. x 17 1/2 in. (34.29 cm x 44.45 cm)

Provenance

Dona dalle Rose, Venice, Italy ( - )

Jacob M. Heimann, New York, New York ( - 1945)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (1945 - )

Label Copy

This painting has traditionally been described as the Annunciation with the Young Saint John the Baptist. The apparition of an angel to Mary is most commonly found in paintings of the Annunciation, and a young child with a lamb is usually Saint John the Baptist, who would later describe Jesus as “the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.” Here, however, the infant at left has a cross-shaped halo, which indicates that he is the Christ Child. The painting thus depicts not the Annunciation but, instead, the far less common scene of the Virgin Mary’s vision of Christ’s Sacrifice. The panel is the work of Martino Piazza, an artist whose family workshop dominated art in Lodi, near Milan, during the 16th-century. The unusual subject matter and the interest in landscape are both characteristic of Renaissance paintings from Lombardy.
Last Updated: 6/4/2013

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Julia Gethman Andrews (DUP). A Catalogue of European Paintings, 1300-1870 San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1947
Page Number: 57, 59, Figure Number: 59

Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972
Page Number: 170

Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972
Page Number: 541

Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972
Page Number: 632

The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego Catalogue: San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1960
Page Number: 68

Zsuzsa Urbach. Acta Historiae Artium Akadémiaa Kiadó. Budapest, Hungary, 1993
Page Number: 68, 72, Figure Number: 18

Franco Moro. Pittura tra Adda e Serio: Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde. Milano, Italia, 1987
Page Number: 106-107

Alberto Mauri, ed. Pittura tra Adda e Serio: Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde. Milano, Italia, 1987
Page Number: 68, Figure Number: 36

Giuliano Briganti. La pittura in Italia: Electa spa. Milano, Italia, 1997
Page Number: 803

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