The death of the Virgin was painted in 1606 by
Michelangelo da Caravaggio. This painting was made probably in Italy. This
painting was commissioned by Laerzio Cherubini for his chapel in Santa Maria
della Scala church, in Rome. This painting belonged to Vicenzo Gonzaga and
later it was bought by Charles I of England and later it belonged to Everhard
Jabach and in 1671, Louis XIV bought this painting.
The dimensions of this painting are 369 cm
length and 245 cm width. This painting is made over oil on canvas. The colours
that Caravaggio used in this painting are dark colours. At present, this
painting is in the Louvre Museum, in Paris.
The main part of the painting is Virgin Mary.
She’s represented as a dead woman. Caravaggio represents this with a lot of
realism. Around the Virgin, there are the apostles and Mary Magdalene.
This was Caravaggio’s most troubled painting. One of the reasons was that people said that he take as model a death prostitute.
Source: https://tigrepelvar3.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/por-que-la-muerte-de-la-virgen-de-caravaggio-es-una-obra-maestra/
Source: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muerte_de_la_Virgen_%28Caravaggio%29
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1 comment:
Hello,
These are my comments and corrections to your text:
The Death of the Virgin was painted in 1606 by Michelangelo da Caravaggio. This painting was made probably in Italy. This painting was commissioned by Laerzio Cherubini for his chapel in Santa Maria della Scala Church, in Rome. This painting belonged to Vicenzo Gonzaga and later it was bought by Charles I of England and later it belonged to Everhard Jabach and in 1671, Louis XIV bought this painting.
The dimensions of this painting are 369 cm length and 245 cm width. This painting is made over oil on canvas. The colours that Caravaggio used in this painting are dark colours. At present, this painting is in the Louvre Museum, in Paris.
The main part of the painting is occupied by Virgin Mary. She’s represented as a dead woman. Caravaggio represents this with a lot of realism. Around the Virgin, there are the apostles and Mary Magdalene.
This was Caravaggio’s most troubled painting. One of the reasons was that people said that he took a death prostitute as model
This is very poor:
- You haven’t described the painting
- You haven’t said anything about its Baroque features
- You haven’t related this painting with other Caravaggio’s paintings or other paintings representing the death of the Virgin.
You haven’t passed this project either. You have to make a bigger effort. Your mark is 4 here, so you will have to study Baroque art for the exam. Bye.
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