A 16th-century Florentine painting of the Virgin and Child by Francesco d'Ubertini Verdi - called Il Bachiacca - has been added to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts collection. It is the Renaissance artist's masterpiece.
The oil on panel by Il Bachiacca (Florence, 1494-1557) is a large painting, nearly 6 feet tall. "The Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist," from about 1540, is the artist's "best-preserved large-scale figural composition and is also his masterpiece," says Dr. Mitchell Merling, head of VMFA's European art department and the museum's Paul Mellon Curator. He says the altarpiece fills a major gap in our museum's European collection.
Il Bachiacca counted the Medici among his patrons, and like Raphael he was trained by Pietro Perugino. VMFA's new acquisition presents elements of both High Renaissance and Mannerist styles and demonstrates the influence of Renaissance masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and Michelangelo.Merling says research indicates the painting most likely came from Florence's Roselli del Turco palace, formerly the residence of the Borgherini, an influential family of the period and major early patrons of the arts.
This work, like all works in VMFA's collection, was purchased with private funds and now is a part of Commonwealth's extraordinary art museum.
The oil on panel by Il Bachiacca (Florence, 1494-1557) is a large painting, nearly 6 feet tall. "The Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist," from about 1540, is the artist's "best-preserved large-scale figural composition and is also his masterpiece," says Dr. Mitchell Merling, head of VMFA's European art department and the museum's Paul Mellon Curator. He says the altarpiece fills a major gap in our museum's European collection.
Il Bachiacca counted the Medici among his patrons, and like Raphael he was trained by Pietro Perugino. VMFA's new acquisition presents elements of both High Renaissance and Mannerist styles and demonstrates the influence of Renaissance masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and Michelangelo.Merling says research indicates the painting most likely came from Florence's Roselli del Turco palace, formerly the residence of the Borgherini, an influential family of the period and major early patrons of the arts.
This work, like all works in VMFA's collection, was purchased with private funds and now is a part of Commonwealth's extraordinary art museum.
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