Scuola Emiliana

Oil on canvas painting measuring 73 x 93 cm without frame and 106 x 86 cm with a coeval frame, depicting the allegory of charity from the Emilian school of the late 17th century. This type of painting is a great classic of 17th-century Emilian painting and is fully and easily expressed through that somewhat easy and rough cursive style that immediately catches the eye, but also through that feverish commitment to ornaments and minute descriptions of clothes and objects, or through the physiognomic traits of the protagonists. The painting in question is an important document of the Emilian school that is moving towards the new century, because it exhibits a luministic impetus of brilliant skill, as we notice both in the portraiture of the protagonists and in their gestures, leading to a peculiarity of manners that marks a significant phase in the development of the genre, with a lucid anticipation of the executive refinement of the Neoclassical era, also due to a breadth of mixtures and a perspicacity of definition that are all typical prerogatives of great Emilian painting. The paintings and art objects published here are my exclusive property and consequently are always available to be viewed in person, by appointment, at my exhibition locations in Sanremo and Brescia. The work, like every one of our objects, is sold with a FIMA photographic certificate of authenticity and lawful origin; this document identifies the object, adding value to the item. We personally handle and organize the packaging and shipping of artworks with insurance worldwide. Dr. Riccardo Moneghini Art Historian