Madonna and Child with Saints

religious

This work is a typical example of the artist's predilection for large, richly decorated backgrounds. The painting is distinguished by the accentuated sumptuousness of the ornamental motifs - sphinxes, voluted brackets, bas-reliefs. Mazzolini constructs here an intricate and highly refined series of gold brushstrokes which he uses for the setting, the door-jambs and on the robe of Saint Joachim.

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About the Artist

Ludovico Mazzolino

1480 – 1528

Ludovico Mazzolino (also Mazzuoli or Manzulin da Ferrera), Italian painter of the Ferrarese school. His close contacts with Ercole Roberti 's workshop are documented as are those with Boccaccio Boccaccino. His work also reflects the direct influence of Costa and the contacts with transalpine art. Later Raphaelesque tendencies, especially in his pictorial design, can be attributed to a period in Rome.

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