Покров Христа и БР {1600} Intercession of Christ and Virgin
история:
Attributed to Lorenzo Monaco.
автор:
Лоренцо Монако
Lorenzo Monaco
перемещение:
Флоренция: собор Санта Мария дель Фьоре ( - sometime after 1846)
Florence: cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
место:
капелла Св. Троицы
cappella of Holy Trinity
Нью-Йорк: Метрополитен (1953 )
New York: MMA
место:
The Cloisters collection
композиция:
Christ and the Virgin are shown pleading with God the Father for mercy on behalf of eight small figures, perhaps members of a prominent Florentine family.
In the tradition of hieratic scale, the divine figures are portrayed many times larger than the mortals, who kneel in adoration and prayer.
Pointing to the wound in his side, Christ says, "My Father, let those be saved for whom you wished that I suffer the Passion".
Virgin, holding one of Her breasts, pleads, "Dearest son, because of the milk that I gave you, have mercy on them."
The axis of God the Father, the dove of the Holy Spirit, and the kneeling Christ also represents the Trinity.
The drama of the bold devotional image, with a geometric composition typical of Florentine painting of the later fourteenth century, was heightened by its original placement inside the entrance of the cathedral, where it faced the length of the vast interior.
Inscriptions on black band against background:
PADRE MIO SIENO SALVI CHOSTORO PEQUALI TU / VOLESTI CHIO PATISSI PASSIONE
(My Father, let those be saved for whom you wished me to suffer the Passion);
DOLCIXIMO FIGLIUOLO PELLAC: / TE CHIO TIDIE ABBI MIA DI CHOSTORO
(Dearest Son, because of the milk that I gave you have mercy on them).
