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Description: | The richly dressed man on the far right in the Adoration of the Magi is most likely the donor, his robe touching a shield with a coat of arms bearing two snake heads on the left and red and white diamonds on the right (not identified). The Madonna and Child correspond in style with their counterparts in a panel attributed to the Florentine painter Giovanni Antonio Sogliani (1452-1544) (National Gallery London, oil on wood, 17.3 x 10.4 cm, c. 1520-40). According to Vasari, Sogliani worked for twenty-four years as Lorenzo di Credi's assistant. His work continues the Florentine-classical style of Andrea del Sarto and Fra Bartolommeo, without adapting to contemporary stylistic changes. A minor artist, he worked mainly for a provincial and monastic market. Considering its classic style and static figures, the Glasgow panel should be dated before 1500. Possibly the panel was made to be inserted into the side panel of a small cassone, a wedding chest. | Subjects: | religion (Adoration of the Magi); figure; landscape | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Sogliani, Giovanni Antonio (Italian painter, 1492-1544) Æ Attributed to manner of Previously attrubuted to Perugino (Italian painter and draftsman, ca. 1450-1523) Previously attributed to manner of Bacchiacca (Italian painter, 1494-1557) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8806... | Go to resource |
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