17th Century, Venetian School, Adoration Of The Magi

17th century, Venetian School
Adoration of the Magi
Oil on canvas, cm 88,5 x 94
With frame, cm 67,5 x 75,5

The meeting between the three kings and the infant Jesus is staged here at dusk, whose dim light barely illuminates the figures creating strong contrasts between light and shadow. On the right you can see the hut that gave shelter to the Holy Family, from which a young man leans to be able to observe the scene.
The ox and the donkey that from the penumbra warm with their breath the family, but they also participate in the story two dogs to confirm the Venetian derivation of the painting; already the masters of the sixteenth century Paolo Veronese, Tintoretto, Tiziano as well as the family of Bassano used to insert faithful doggies within their compositions by dropping in the daily sacred story.
The present Adoration of the Magi shows in fact quotes from the Venetian masters not only in the animal presence but also and especially in the construction of the Virgin with child, slightly elevated position compared to the Magi, and the kneeling of one of the Kings, Probably Melchior seen the seniority and the box of gold that he gives to Jesus. These are in fact a quotation from the Adoration of the Magi by Francesco Maffei (Vicenza, circa 1605 - Padova, 1660), at the Cathedral of Vicenza which in turn reproduces The Adoration of the Magi by Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) at the National Gallery in London.
That the painting in question is to be considered among the pictorial evidence of Venetian culture is also validated by the preciousness with which some details are made, especially regarding the fabrics, Among which the golden brocade of Melchiorre’s robe stands out to underline its kingship, as well as in the description of the animal fleece or in the delicate shades of the sky in the background. 
The gloomy tones dictated by the penumbra recall a bassanesca matrix, but the chiaroscuro contrasts refer to seventeenth-century innovations, validated by the stingent comparison with the already mentioned work of Maffei. 

The object is in good condition

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