From scientific examination to the Renaissance market : the case of Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna of the yarnwinder

Author

Kemp, Martin

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

The Journal of medieval and Renaissance studies. 1994, Num. 2, Vol. 24, 259-274, 11 p. of pl., 13 ill.

ISSN

0047-2573

Abstract (en)

Kemp argues that the technical examination of pictures can have very direct implications for our understanding of patronage. He asks that his arguments be seen in a broader context in which he claims that unless art historians use all the available skills to know what kind of objects they are studying, they will be on insecure ground in examining a whole range of questions about the production and patronage of artifacts. His remarks are specifically adressed to the Madonna and Child commissioned by Florimond Robertet from Leonardo da Vinci in 1501, and versions of that image known as the Madonna of the Yarnwinder--attributed here to Leonardo and his studio--in a New York private collection and the Buccleuch collection in Scotland.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519
• Painting
• Madonna of the Yarnwinder
• Versions
• Italy
• 1500-1600
• Patronage
• France
• Art market
• Art history
• Scientific analysis
• Spencer, John R., b.1923
• Festschriften
• Art historians
• United States

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519
• Peinture
• Vierge au fuseau
• Version
• Italie
• 1500-1600
• Mécénat
• France
• Commerce d'art
• Histoire de l'art
• Analyse scientifique
• Spencer, John R., n.1923
• Mélanges
• Historiens de l'art
• Etats-Unis

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950101-00310483

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