Caravaggio's Death of the Virgin

Author

Askew, Pamela

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Collection

Princeton essays on the arts.

Source

Caravaggio's Death of the Virgin. 1990, xiii, 221 p., [63] p. of pl., ill. (some col.); bibliogr.; index

ISBN

0691039836

Publisher

Princeton University Press, Princeton (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Study of the painting (Paris, Louvre) commissioned by Laerzio Cherubini for his private chapel in S. Maria della Scala, Rome. Supports a date 1601-1602 and proposes that the picture was rejected before 1605 for failure to conform to Carmelite Mariology. Examines the iconography in light of the requirements of patronage, spirituality, and public purpose involved in the commission; particularly, relates the figure of the Magdalen to the function of the Casa Pia, a pious institution for women supported by Cherubini and the Discalced Carmelites of S. Maria della Scala. Appendix with documents regarding Cherubini (wills of 1602 and 1622) and the Casa Pia (1597-1609).

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610
• Painting
• Italy
• Cherubini, Laerzio, d.ca.1626
• S. Maria della Scala||Roma (ITA)
• Casa Pia||Roma (ITA)
• Iconography
• Christian iconography
• Mary, Virgin: Dormition
• Death of the Virgin
• Commissions
• Carmelites [men]
• Musée national du Louvre||Paris (FRA)
• Religion
• Roma (ITA)
• Women
• Mary Magdalen, S.
• Documents
• Wills

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Peinture
• Italie
• Cherubini, Laerzio, m.v.1626
• S. Maria della Scala||Roma (ITA)
• Casa Pia||Roma (ITA)
• Iconographie
• Iconographie chrétienne
• Vierge: Mort
• Mort de la Vierge
• Commande d'oeuvre d'art
• Carmes
• Musée national du Louvre||Paris (FRA)
• Religion
• Roma (ITA)
• Femmes
• Marie-Madeleine, sainte
• Documents
• Testament

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910701-00456163

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