Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Moretto) explained

Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Artist:Moretto da Brescia
Medium:Oil on canvas
Height Metric:271
Width Metric:298
Museum:Gallerie dell'Accademia
City:Venice

Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a painting in oils on canvas by Moretto da Brescia, executed and now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice. It arrived in the Accademia's collection in exchange for two paintings sent to the Tempio Canoviano in Possagno. The painting is one of the most notable works of the artist's youth. Its original location is unknown as the first confirmed written record of the work dates to the 19th century. It was probably in the Confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel's altar in Santa Maria del Carmine church in Brescia;[1] a reference to a "large canvas ... something of a large study in the hand of Moretto" in Bernardino Faino's 1630 guide to Brescian art may be to this work.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, Alessandro Bonvicino – Il Moretto da Brescia, Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 1988
  2. Bernardino Faino, Catalogo Delle Chiese riuerite in Brescia, et delle Pitture et Scolture memorabili, che si uedono in esse in questi tempi, Brescia 1630, pp. 78–79