Charity (Q60477045)
Label from: English (en)
genre:
religious art (Q2864737)
artist:
Abraham Bloemaert (Q329811)
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
depicts:
charity (Q456673)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.10
information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog
description: Abraham Bloemaert drew on traditional depictions of the Virgin and Child for this allegorical image of Charity: a woman surrounded by children, one an infant for whom she has bared her breast. Bloemaert was one of the leading proponents of the Mannerist style in the Northern Netherlands. Characteristics of that style include exaggerated figural proportions, contorted poses, heightened colors, densely packed compositions, and a deliberate eroticism—invoked here to emphasize the magnetic quality of Charity’s serene beauty.
This tool must be connected with Wikidata to work.