"St. George" by Andrea Mantegna in Moscow
In the Kremlin Armory Museum opens today an exhibition of one of the most famous masterpieces of famous Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna - the painting "St. George"
Andrea Mantegna St. George. XV century
Source: kreml.ru
Moscow Kremlin
June 19 - July 18, 2013
Armory
in the Kremlin Armory Museum opens today an exhibition of one of the most famous masterpieces of famous Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna - painting "Saint George».
Show Mantegna's masterpiece is in the Moscow Kremlin is a truly momentous event. The image of St. George has a special significance for Russia, and Moscow Kremlin. His cult was widespread in the fight against Russian land with the Golden Horde. At the turn of the XIV - XV centuries, a rider with a spear in which the unmistakable appearance of St. George, became a symbol of the power of the Moscow princes. Knight, striking the dragon, and to this day adorn a coat of arms of the Russian Federation and the coat of arms of Moscow.
Sharing the humanist doctrine of man - the crown of creation, Mantegna created in his works, a special type of character, dignity and noble, classically beautiful externally and internally. One of the most striking examples of this is the picture of "St. George". Created this work is still a matter of controversy. Some scholars attribute it to the end of the fifties of the XV century, when the artist was only moved to the court of the Duke of Mantua Gonzaga. Others believe that Mantegna wrote "St. George" in the early seventies, after a trip to Tuscany in 1466. There is no exact information about the first owners of the picture. It is known that it was bought in 1856 from the collection of Manfrina Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph and transferred to the Venetian Accademia Gallery, which houses the present day.
show "St. George" in Museums Kremlin has exceptional importance because, in the richest collections of Russian museums do not have any pictures of Mantegna - fine artist belonging to the most important artists that have had a huge impact on the addition of an original painting style of the early Renaissance in Northern Italy.
Source : kreml.ru
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