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Madonna with Dominican Saints

Jacopo Marieschi

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Basic information
ID
Ж-2078
Author
Jacopo Marieschi
Name
Madonna with Dominican Saints
Date of creation
18th c.
Technique
oil painting
Material
canvas oil
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
45.5 x 21
Additionally
Type
painting
Genre
religious
Plot
Virgin Mary
Provenance
Collection of Leon Pininski
Exposition
Potocki Palace
Information about author
Author
Jacopo Marieschi
Artist's lifetime
1711–1794
Country
Italy
Biography
Jacopo Marieschi (1711–1794) was a Venetian artist of the 18th century. He studied painting under his father, Michele Marieschi, an artist and master of the veduta landscape genre. Later, he studied under the monumental painter Gaspare Diziani. In Venice, the artist created allegorical figures of Faith, Hope, and Charity in the Church of San Francesco della Vigna, the Last Supper in the Church of San Giovanni, an altar for a tomb, a veduta of the Grand Canal featuring the Rialto Bridge, and other works.
Object description
"Madonna with Dominican Saints" by Jacopo Marieschi is a significant work in Venetian monumental-decorative painting. Absorbing the dynamism of the Baroque style from his teacher, the artist incorporates a triangular composition featuring the Virgin Mary with the saints of the Dominican Order. The saints are dressed in white habits, leather belts with rosaries, white capes with hoods, and black cloaks with matching hoods and capes. According to legend, the Virgin Mary herself presented the rosary (rosary beads) to Saint Dominic in the 13th century – this episode is depicted in the sketch. The counting of prayers using beads, pebbles, or other small objects is also common in different religions, such as Hinduism and Islam. However, in Christianity, this category of sequential prayers is called the "rosary", which translates from Latin as "garland of roses" in honour of the Virgin Mary. Another symbol of the Dominican Order is the dog, depicted at the feet of the saints. This image originated from a play on words: in Latin, "Dominicanes" means "followers of Dominic", but it can also be read by splitting the word as "Domini canes", which translates to "Hounds of the Lord". Among the followers of Saint Dominic were Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas, Girolamo Savonarola, the artist Fra Angelico, and many others.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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