Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Dominic and Angels
ca. 1612
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
101 1/8 x 56 3/8 in. (256.9 x 143.2 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Enid A. Haupt Gift, 1979
Accession Number
1979.209
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About this artwork
Giulio Cesare Procaccini (1574-1625), a leading figure in early Baroque Milanese painting, created this monumental altarpiece around 1612 for the church of Madonna dei Miracoli in Corbetta, near Milan. The 101⅛ by 56⅜ inch oil on canvas represents the Institution of the Rosary, featuring the Madonna and Child flanked by Saint Dominic in black and white habit and Saint Francis in brown, surrounded by angels in dynamic, swirling composition. According to church records from November 3, 1612, the S...
About the Artist
Giulio Cesare Procaccini · 1574–1625
Painter and sculptor, son of Ercole Procaccini. Having moved to Milan with the rest of the family in the mid-1580s, he trained as a sculptor, perhaps in the workshop of Francesco Brambilla (ii), and then worked (1591–9) for the workshop of Milan Cathedral. Italian painter, printmaker.