Guido Reni's Pallione del voto and the plague of 1630

Author

Puglisi, Catherine R.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art bulletin. 1995, Num. 3, Vol. 77, 402-412, [520], 7 ill.

ISSN

0004-3079

Abstract (en)

Commissioned by Bologna's Senate, Guido Reni's Pallione del Voto (Bologna, Pinacoteca nazionale) served as the official banner in the civic votive procession celebrating the end of the 1630 plague. While traditional in composition, the work's imagery differs from contemporary Emilian plague paintings and was shaped by civic concerns particular to Bologna. Examination of the iconography of Reni's banner within the historical context of the commission reveals its symbolic role in the city's affirmation of traditional local devotions and its politic espousal of new cults associated with papal rule.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Reni, Guido, 1575-1642
• Painting
• Italy
• 1600-1700
• Madonna and Child in Glory with Saints
• Pinacoteca nazionale||Bologna (ITA)
• Processions
• Banners
• Plague

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Reni, Guido, 1575-1642
• Peinture
• Italie
• 1600-1700
• Vierge à l'enfant en gloire avec saints
• Pinacoteca nazionale||Bologna (ITA)
• Procession
• Bannière
• Peste

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19960101-00281650

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