The Madonna Annunciate. Giovanni Battista Pittoni (Italian, 1687-1767). Oil on copper.Pittoni was a
The Madonna Annunciate. Giovanni Battista Pittoni (Italian, 1687-1767). Oil on copper.Pittoni was a leading Venetian painter of the early 18th century. Once his style had evolved it changed little, and his paintings, which are distinguished by their fluency and theatrical expressiveness, are not easily datable. This Madonna combines two different typologies: the lowered eyes recur in a lost work by Pittoni, while the positioning of the hands can be found in another Madonna Annunciate in a private collection in Venice. -- source link
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