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- Commissioned by the Franciscans and Dominicans of Ascoli, Crivelli's work is exclusively religious in nature. His paintings consist largely of Madonna and Child images, Pietà, and the altarpieces known as polyptychs that were increasingly unfashionable.
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Crivelli was a fine technical painter and his pictures are in a good state of preservation. He had a strong linear decorative sense and was a brilliant colourist. His work was particularly appreciated in the 19th century, as witnessed by the price paid for the Gallery's 'Madonna della Rondine'.
- Antonio Vivarini
After Giambono, Vivarini was the leading Venetian exponent...
- Saint Francis
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- Saint Lucy
This elegant woman is Saint Lucy. She once stood on the...
- Saint Jerome
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- Saint Stephen
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- Saint Andrew
A love of realistic detail – the nails in the cross, the...
- Saint Dominic
Crivelli exploits the optical effects of the different gold...
- Saint Michael
Satan’s head – with its furred ears, fangs and curling pink...
- Antonio Vivarini
His paintings consist largely of Madonna and Child images, Pietà, and the altarpieces known as polyptychs that were increasingly unfashionable. Often filled with images of suffering, such as gaping wounds in Christ's hands and side and the mouths of mourners twisted in agony, Crivelli's work fulfills the spiritual needs of his patrons.
Apr 1, 2022 · Carlo Crivelli (c.1430–c.1495) The National Gallery, London. Crivelli is not shy about making his technical and artistic prowess known: his scenes are densely furnished with marble surfaces, elaborately carved and gilded thrones, and figures bedecked in precious jewels and gold leaf.
Aug 21, 2022 · Art historians typically characterize Crivelli’s art as International Gothic, a style favored in European royal courts of the later Middle Ages. Whether in altarpieces or illuminated manuscripts, International Gothic is characterized by copious decoration, bright colors, and lots of gold.
- Alexandra Kiely
Carlo Crivelli ( Venice c. 1430 – Ascoli Piceno 1495) was an Italian Renaissance painter of conservative Late Gothic decorative sensibility, who spent his early years in the Veneto, where he absorbed influences from the Vivarini, Squarcione and Mantegna.
- Italian
- Venice, Italy
His paintings are all of religious subjects, done in an elaborate, old-fashioned style that owes much to the wiry Paduan tradition of Squarcione and Mantegna and yet is highly distinctive, with a rich vein of fantasy.
This is Crivelli’s best-known painting and a masterpiece of decoration and perspective. He’s combined classical architecture and Renaissance ornament with an interest in the depiction of everyday objects, similar to Netherlandish painting.
