Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Moretto)

Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a c.1522 oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia, now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice - it arrived in its collection in exchange for two paintings sent to the Tempio Canoviano in Possagno. It is one of the most notable works of the artist's youth. Its original location is unknown as the first confirmed written record of the work dates to the 19th century. It was probably the Confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel's altar in Santa Maria del Carmine church in Brescia[1] - a reference to a "large canvas ... something of a large study in the hand of Moretto" in Faino's 1630 guide to Brescian art may be the work in question[2]

References
  1. (in Italian) Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, Alessandro Bonvicino - Il Moretto da Brescia, Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 1988
  2. (in Italian) Bernardino Faino, Catalogo Delle Chiese riuerite in Brescia, et delle Pitture et Scolture memorabili, che si uedono in esse in questi tempi, Brescia 1630, p.78-79


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