Attrib. to Giovanni Ambrogio Bevilacqua, known as Liberale (documented 1481-1512), Madonna with Child

Attrib. to Giovanni Ambrogio Bevilacqua, known as Liberale (documented 1481-1512) Madonna with Child Oil on panel, 63 x 46 cm The refined panel under examination, from the Lombard school of the early 17th century, allows us to identify the hand of Giovanni Antoni Bevilacqua, known as Liberale, due to its particular formal and stylistic approach. Bevilacqua was most likely born in Milan in the mid-15th century; in 1481 he is recorded as a member of the Guild of Painters and is among the artists who worked for Duke Francesco Sforza. He mainly works for religious commissions, creating frescoes for the parish church of Landriano and for the Luogo Pio di Carità in Milan, then working for the Certosa di Pavia alongside Ambrogio Fossano, known as Bergognone (1453-1523). News about him disappears after 1512, when he is mentioned as a witness in a public act. The origins of his painting are of Foppesque ancestry, not without affinities with the painting of Bergognone (1453-1523), of whom he is considered a pupil in some sources. With maturity, these influences will be accompanied by Leonardesque glazes, a consequence of the great master's presence in Lombardy. The delicacy of the subject fully expresses the sweetness of this painter in terms of intimacy that he manages to achieve with the observer, in search of a profound meaning capable of going beyond the pictorial material: the slightly reclined gazes, the closed eyes of the Child and the half-closed eyes of the Virgin, and the tender gestures participate in this search. The interesting landscape view, although limited to a small space, manages to expand the dimensions of the panel towards an indefinite horizon, with a taste for landscape of clear Leonardesque influence, treated with subtle bluish glazes. The pictorial quality of this panel is fully expressed in the delicate passages of light and shadow and in the refined transparencies, in the elegant golden profiles and in the use of a palette with enameled, bright and saturated colors. A fitting stylistic comparison is evident with the canvas depicting a Madonna and Child executed by Bevilacqua and now preserved in the Pinacoteca of the Castello Sforzesco and with a Madonna del Latte, in a private Milanese collection. The painting under consideration also seems to look at some executions by Bergognone: in the richness of color and in the intimate maternal scene of the Madonna and Child preserved at the Pinacoteca di Brera and in the delicate and skillful use of gold of the Madonna and Child of the Royal Museums of Turin, without forgetting the Marian compositions of Vincenzo Foppa. With Ars Antiqua it is possible to defer all amounts up to € 5,000 at ZERO RATE, for a total of 12 INSTALLMENTS. Ex. Tot. € 4,500 = Monthly installment € 375 for 12 months. Ex. Tot. € 3,600 = Monthly installment € 720 for 5 months. For amounts exceeding € 5,000 or for a longer deferral (over 12 installments), we can provide a personalized payment. Contact us directly for the best quote. LIVE TV – SUNDAY 17.00 – 21.00 Dig.terr. 126 – Sky 861 - 937 – Streaming on our website www.arsantiquasrl.com and on our social media Facebook and Youtube