Mönche am Feuer

c. 1725

not on display
Alessandro Magnasco1667 Genua – 1749 Genua
We have 2 artworks by Alessandro Magnasco online.
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Strangely caricatured monk scenes, so-called 'fraterie', are a subject developed by Magnasco and his true speciality. The distinctive, nervous-calligraphic style has also made the painter appear as a forerunner of the Expressionists. Compositionally and motivically closely related to two other, somewhat smaller paintings by Magnasco (Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum, and Pasadena, Norton Simon Museum of Art. Cf. Alessandro Magnasco 1667-1749, exh. cat. Milan, Palazzo Reale, 1996, no. 39 f.).
Also known as
Monks by the Fire Moines autour de l’âtre
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 111 x 143 cm
Inventory number
2601
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, 1942