Madonna of the Tailors

religious

Painted for the altar on the ground floor of the Tailors' School near the Jesuit Church in Venice, the canvas depicts St Omobono, patron of tailors, whose great shears (on the pavement at the Saint's feet) help to confirm the work's original location. Flanking the Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist at the centre are St Barbara at the right and, on the left, St Omobono, the latter giving alms to a poor cripple. The date is inscribed in a cartouche just above the picture's lower edge.

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About the Artist

Bonifacio Veronese

1487 – 1557

Italian painter, originally Bonifazio de' Pitati. He was born in Verona but trained under Palma Vecchio and ran a large workshop in Venice. His style was greatly influenced by Giorgione and Titian, and to some extent his name is used to cover works which the owner dare not quite attribute to either of them, but there is a fine picture in Birmingham which is closer to Bassano. Other examples are in Adelaide, Boston, Dresden, Florence (Pitti, Uffizi), London (National Gallery), Milan (Brera and Ambrosiana), San Francisco, Venice and Vienna. There are also many cassoni and furniture decorations attributed to him. He had a lasting influence on Tintoretto.

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