Virgin and Child with Saints

1525 · Collezione Mestrovich, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

religious

In the background, the painting contrasts the dying pagan world with the new City of God, here celebrated in the guise of Venice. The represented saints in the foreground are Catherine, Peter, John the Baptist, and Jerome.

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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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