N. Boffa Oil on Canvas Italy 1885
Features
Artist: Boffa Nicola (1859-1925)
Artwork title: La Morte di Raffaello
Age: 19th Century / 1801 - 1900
Subject: Historic Subject
Origin: Italy
Artistic technique: Painting
Technical specification: Oil on Canvas
Description : La Morte di Raffaello
Oil painting on canvas. Above right the signature "Boffa Nicola fecit Napoli 1885, from Ascoli Satriano"; at the bottom right the number 591. It corresponds to the one on display at the Promotrice di Belle Arti, XLV Exposition of Turin in 1886, as shown in the catalog of the same. The great scene is the work of the painter Nicola Boffa, originally from Puglia but then lived in Naples. It tells of the dramatic death of the young genius of art Raffaello Sanzio, which occurred at the age of 37 after a few days of a persistent fever in vain cured. Various hypotheses have been made about the causes of his death (syphilis, malaria, pneumonia, poisoning ...), none of which is certain: it is certain that it was a shocking fact in the Renaissance artistic world, in which the young man from Urbino had achieved great fame: it aroused condolences and regret in the papal court itself, for which Raffello was working. In the great scene, the young artist now lies serene on his deathbed, while around him men and women of all backgrounds and social categories express their pain and dismay: the tall prelate next to the bed in a composed manner, while all around him young people and women are in broken tears, with the culmination of the manifestation of pain on the left, where a young man lies unconscious on the ground, comforted by a friar. The scene, although highly dramatic, is enlivened by bright colors and by a detailed accuracy of the details of the figures; in it we find the nineteenth-century taste for the historical subject, to be told through images that underline its pathos. The painting is presented in an important coeval frame, in carved, shaped and gilded wood. The canvas has diffuse small drops of color.
Product Condition:
Product in good condition, with small signs of wear.
Frame Size (cm):
Height: 143
Width: 248
Depth: 13
Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 83
Width: 178