“The Miracle of the Relic of the Cross on the Rialto Bridge” , or “The Healing of the Obsessed on the Rialto Bridge” ( Italian: Miracolo della Croce a Rialto ), is a painting by the Italian painter Vittore Carpaccio (c. 1465-1525 / 26), representative of the Early Renaissance. It was created in 1494.
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| Vittore Carpaccio | ||
| The miracle of the relics of the Cross on the Rialto Bridge . 1494 | ||
| ital. Miracolo della Croce a Rialto | ||
| Canvas, oil. 365 × 389 cm | ||
| Academy Gallery , Venice | ||
| ( inv. ) | ||
Since 1820 it has been kept in the collection of the Academy Gallery in Venice .
Content
History
This composition was part of a series of paintings that was intended for the Albergo Hall (or the Hall of the Cross) of the religious brotherhood (scuola) of St. John the Evangelist (Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista), in which a fragment of the miraculous Holy Cross has been stored since 1369 . No other Venetian skuola possessed such a significant relic. Ten paintings were created for this plot (of which only eight were preserved).
Description
The painting depicts a scene telling about the miracles that an unusual relic performed. It is dedicated to the healing of the possessed , which took place with the participation of Patriarch Grado Francesco Querini in 1494 . Carpaccio depicts three episodes of the story of the miracle of the Holy Cross - the procession of the scuola brothers on the Rialto bridge, the entrance of the patriarch and the moment of healing of the obsessed on the second floor of the loggia of the palace. The protagonist of the painting is the panorama of the city of Venice, the Grand Canal , the Rialto Bridge , depicted in its original form as it was in 1458 - wooden, with a detachable central part for the passage of large vessels. The modern bridge was built of Istrian stone in 1524 after the collapse of the first.
The city is shown very reliably that it is even possible to recognize some structures, for example, Fondaco dei Tedeschi (German Compound) on the right, which was destroyed in 1505 by fire. The facades on both sides are painted by Carpaccio from different angles, which leads to asymmetry, which is carefully balanced by the smooth surface of the channel, which expands to the right and simultaneously converges from the left to a point in the background. Life in the city is in full swing: women knock out carpets , leaning out of the windows of houses, there is active trade in the background, gondoliers carry their passengers on their own business, almost at the level of the chimneys linen is hung on the roofs for drying. Among the characters are representatives of different races, peoples, professions and walks of life. In the lower right corner is a whole group of participants of the company della Calza, the theater society that was responsible for the carnival in the city and other events.
Thanks to this picture, Carpaccio knows how Venice looked at the turn of the XV - XVI century , and how the life of its inhabitants proceeded.
Literature
- “Gallery of the Academy. Venice". Edited by Lucia Impelluso. = Gallerie Dell'accademia: Venezia. - / Per. with it. - M .: BMM, 2006 .-- 160 p. - (Great museums of the world). - 3000 copies. - ISBN 5-88353-246-2 .
- N. Netashvili, L. Chechik. VOLUME 14. // “Gallery of the Academy. Venezіya ". - K .: PrAT Komsomolska Pravda - Ukraine, 2012. - 96 p. - ("The Great Museum of Light"). - 7000 copies. - ISBN 978-966-2492-95-8 .
- Linda Borean. Carpaccio . - Skira , 2010 .-- 95 p. - (SkiraMiniArtBooks). - ISBN 978-88-572-0549-6 . Archived on October 16, 2014. Archived October 16, 2014 on the Wayback Machine
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