Miniature porcelain picture "Angel of the Sistine Madonna", framed
Miniature porcelain picture "Angel of the Sistine Madonna", framed
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handmade | porcelain | Biedermeier frame | passe-partout | glazed | size 9.5 x 11 cm
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Miniature porcelain picture "Angel of the Sistine Madonna", framed
The most beautiful depictions of angels in art history as a unique cultural gallery: The miniature portrait was transferred onto fine Thuringian porcelain by hand and fired twice. The porcelain picture is mounted on a golden passe-partout, atmospherically framed in a handmade Biedermeier frame and glazed dust-proof. Size 9.5 x 11 cm.
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ein wunderschönes Kleinbild mit phantastischer Ausstrahlung.
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About Raffaelo Santi
Raffaello Santi was probably born around 1483 in Urbino, Italy. He received his first training from his father, a court painter in his hometown. For a short time, he was a student of Perugino in Perugia, then in 1504 he went to Florence and in 1508 finally to Rome. From 1511 onwards, he was the construction director of St. Peter's Basilica and curator of the ancient monuments. His burial in 1520 in the Pantheon testifies to the high esteem in which he was held by his contemporaries.
The years Raphael spent in Florence, also known as the "Florentine period" had a great influence. During these years, he studied the art of da Vinci and Michelangelo and was able to integrate them into his own style. Numerous nude studies speak of his striving to perfect the human anatomy. He was then able to demonstrate all his talent in the decoration of the Vatican representative rooms. The wall and ceiling paintings of the Stanza della Signatura, with their depictions of theology, philosophy, poetry and law, became a synthesis of ancient thought and Christian religion, a key work in European cultural history.
Apart from the Vatican, Agostino Chigi was Raphael's most important private client. The artist undertook the decoration of the family chapel and the Villa Farnesina.
Raphael sought to create a unity between painting and architecture. Few figures, illusion of depth and new colour contrasts became the binding model for future generations of painters. The monumental altarpiece of the "Sistine Madonna", painted around 1514, is particularly central. In addition to the Madonnas and religious paintings, he also created portraits, which became the official type of portrait due to their representative appearance.
Ceramic product made of kaolin, quartz and feldspar.
Porcelain is formed by turning or pressing and figurative objects are cast. Complex objects have to be cast in separated steps and sections and then "assembled". After the moulding, the pieces are dried and "annealed" at about 900 °C. Next, the glaze will be applied and fired at temperatures between 1,240 °C and 1,445 °C. In renowned manufactures, the porcelain is painted by hand whereby each colour has to be fired individually and in compliance with narrow temperature tolerances.
Porcelain was invented in China and became widespread in Europe from the 16th century onwards. The first European porcelain factory was founded in Meissen, Germany in 1710.
Other famous European porcelain factories include Fürstenberg, Höchst, Schwarzburger Werkstätten, Lladró, Nymphenburg, KPM, Augarten, Sèvres, Limoges, Royal Copenhagen, Worcester. Individual factories label their products with their personal porcelain stamps so that for the collecter it is easy to identify their origin.
(Rebirth). The term describing art from around 1350 until the 16th century.
A mindset that developed in Florence in the late 14th century that was retrospectively classified as rebirth of the classical ideals of Greek and Roman antiquity. During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Renaissance spread first over Italy and then all over Western Europe and determined the entire artistic creation. Brilliant artists such as Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Dürer, Holbein, Cranach and Fouquet created their immortal works by following the humanistic premises and placing the human being in the centre of all thinking.
Renaissance experienced its heyday in literature through dramatic works and poems of William Shakespeare.
At the end of the 16th century, the Renaissance had to give way to the opulence of baroque, before its ideas experienced a rebirth in the classicism of the 18th century.