PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION (WITH APOLOGIES TO MUSSORGSKY)

A few days ago I wrote about the paintings in the Mantegna + Bellini, Masters of the Renaissance exhibit at the Gemäldegalerie. This afternoon we went to see it, but it was Mantegna’s drawings and his paintings with glue sizing on canvas that really wowed me. Here are some of the photos I took. (Two Studies of the Lamentation for a Pieta’, early 1460s, is above.)

The Introduction of the Cult of Cybele at Rome, 1505-06. Glue size on canvas.

The Introduction of the Cult of Cybele at Rome, detail, 1505-06. Glue size on canvas.

The Descent of Christ into Limbo, ca. 1490. Brush in dark brown and gray with white highlighting on blue prepared paper.

The Descent of Christ into Limbo, ca. 1468. Pen and brown ink, brown wash on parchment.

Reading Saint, 1460s. Pen and brown ink on pale pink prepared paper.

The Virgin and Child (Simon Madonna), ca. 1555-60. Glue size on canvas.

St. Jerome and the Lion, 1480s. Black chalk on paper.

Keep it Real!

Marilyn

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