Domenico Carnevale (Sassuolo, 1524 – Modena, 1579)
Adoration of the Shepherds
Oil on copper, 42 x 28 cm - with frame 54 x 36 cm
The painting depicts the Adoration of the Shepherds, with the Child at the center, next to the kneeling Madonna in prayer, and an angel behind her; a woman with a child in her arms, a shepherd with a sheep on the right, a bagpipe player on the left, and various other male and female figures turn towards him in the foreground. The architectures of the background, among which a glimpse of the landscape can be seen, are hidden in the upper part by the clouds, where a "celestial glory" with three cherubs in flight is encamped.
The painting highlights Mannerist features attributable to the second half of the sixteenth century and can be traced back to an author from the Modena area, with stylistic references to the Bolognese artists Samacchini (1532 - 1577) and Passerotti (1529 - 1592). More precisely, it can be attributed to Domenico Carnevale (1524-1579), among the most considerable masters of the sixteenth century active in the local area. Carnevale trained in Emilia, his land of origin, where he worked for many years. From his works, however, a clear Roman influence also emerges, dictated by a long experience in the Urbe, during which he also dedicated himself to the restoration of the Sistine Chapel. Formed in the late-Mannerist Modena environment, he is also linked to the Correggio tradition of Parma and the Dossi tradition of Ferrara; Carnevale also always maintains a slight archaic feeling in his work, heir to the late-Mannerist Roman tradition.
The main stylistic reference can be identified in a work similar in subject and iconographic setting, coming from the church of the Pio Istituto Orfanelle of San Geminiano of Modena, currently part of the Art Collection of the Province, attributed to the same influence of Carnevale. Another interesting comparison can be identified with A Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, at the Galleria Estense in Modena.
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