ملف:The Madonna of Mount Carmel.jpg

(b. 1696, Venezia, d. 1770, Madrid)

The Madonna of Mount Carmel (detail) 1730s Oil on canvas Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

The detail represents the central part of the painting.

The painting (The Madonna of Mount Carmel and the Souls in Purgatory) was formerly in a chapel in the church of S. Aponal, Venice. After the suppression of the church, the picture was taken to France and cut in two. Both pieces were bought by the Chiesa family for the Brera, the painting was restored to its original form in 1950.

An early work by Tiepolo, this painting is violent and agitated in its composition, construction of the figures, impastos and in the Baroque light effects. The influences on Tiepolo that can be discerned range from Balestra to Piazzetta. Veronese's example is seen in the broadness of the space and the juxtaposition of episodes. The painting shows one of the fundamentals of Tiepolo's spiritual approach: a skeptical, disenchanted detachment from his subject matter. This typical attitude of the Enlightenment later carried him to the supremely undramatic balance of his maturity, in which he returned, in more modern terms, to the sardonic ideal of Veronese.

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Author: TIEPOLO, Giovanni Battista Title: The Madonna of Mount Carmel (detail) Time-line: 1701-1750 School: Italian Form: painting