#bernardo strozzi

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1630-1644 Bernardo Strozzi - Martino Widmann

(Musée des Augustins)

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Old Coquette painted by Bernardo Strozzi (1581 - 1644)

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Bernardo Strozzi

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Allegorical Figure

Artist: Bernardo Strozzi (Italian, 1581?-1644)

Date: c. 1636

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Description

During the 1630s, the Genoese artist Bernardo Strozzi painted a number of female figures representing various intellectual and artistic pursuits, reflecting the appeal of such allegories among learned patrons in northern Italy. Recent scholarship has convincingly identified the subject of this painting as Minerva. The Roman goddess of war has put aside her armor for more contemplative pursuits; her upward gaze - as if seeking inspiration - recalls her other associations with wisdom, eloquence, and the arts.

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1631 Giovan Donato Correggio in Veste di Perseo - Bernardo Strozzi

This mythologized portrait of a Venetian merchant seems to base its composition on a painting of David with the head of Goliath painted by Simon Vouet in 1621, while the iconography of the Gorgon head on a shield is more characteristic of antique roman art than the usual 17th century depictions

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Allegory of Impermanence (c.1637) | Bernardo Strozzi

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Saint John the Baptist, Bernardo Strozzi, 17th Century

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Die Hochzeit zu Kana von Bernardo Strozzi (oil on canvas)

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OLD COQUETTE | c. 1637 | by BERNARDO STROZZI

The painting shows an old woman, who is probably a courtesan or a mistress— she adorns herself with jewelry and make-up. This is the kind of subject matter that is typical in the vanitas, a genre that portrays the fleetingness of earthly pleasures and the inescapable death.

This composition features a close-up view of the woman's face and upper body as well. It's hard to ignore the emphasis on her ornate jewelry and makeup. Despite her age, she retains a sense of coquettishness, all of which implies a desire to hold onto her youthfulness. 

Symbolism is a key element in this piece, with the woman's aged face and the presence of a mirror serving as reminders of the transience nature of beauty and the inevitability of aging and death.

The contrast between the woman's aged face and the vibrant colors of her attire and her surrounding element emphasize the theme of impermanence,—highlighting hugely the contrast between youth and aging.

Strozzi's composition creates a very dramatic sense of depth surrounding the central figure, accomplished by the use of light and shadow. The woman's stare directly engages the viewer and invites them to reflect and ponder the deeper meaning of the painting.

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The Sermon of John the Baptist, Bernardo Strozzi, ca. 1644

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Prophet Elijah and the Widow of Sarepta

Artist: Bernardo Strozzi (Italian, 1581–1644)

Genre: Religious Art

Date: 1630's

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

The story of the Prophet Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath is a biblical story that appears in 1 Kings 17:8–24. In the story, Elijah encounters a widow and her son while they are gathering sticks in the town of Zarephath. The widow, who is struggling with a drought and has run out of food, invites Elijah into her home and uses her last bit of flour and oil to bake for him. Elijah blesses the widow and her son, promising that their supplies will never run out.

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St. Lawrence Distributing the Riches of the Church painted by Bernardo Strozzi (1581 - 1644)

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Bernardo Strozzi

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La virgen de la justicia

(The Madonna of Justice)

Bernardo Strozzi (1620-1625)

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Paintings of the Italian and Dutch schools of the 17th century in Kielce

Woman Playing the Cittern (oil on canvas, 96 x 78 cm, inv. MNKi/M/1342) by the circle of Bernardo Strozzi (ca. 1581-1644) and Woman with a Tambourine (oil on canvas, 84 x 68,5 cm, MNKi/M/1343) by Johannes Jansz van Bronckhorst (1627-1656) at the National Museum in Kielce.

These two magnificent paintings come from the collection of Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1914-1979) in Poznań and then in Warsaw. Dąbrowski sold and donated many works of art to the Kielce Museum. They probably come from old historical collections of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and perfectly illustrate their diversity. The paintings are considered a pair, but as their style indicates, they were executed by different painters. The Woman Playing the Cittern is more Italian and a similar painting was auctioned in Florence with an attribution to the school of Bernardo Strozzi (Pandolfini, Live Auction 1235, October 10, 2023, lot 176). The damaged part on the right indicates that, like the Florence painting, the Kielce painting was originally part of a larger composition and that the effigy of the old woman was cut or damaged at some point. The Woman with a Tambourine is very reminiscent of the style of the painting under the tile "A Concert" from the collection of Krystyna Parczewska-Kuropieska, now in the National Museum in Warsaw (inv. M.Ob.532 MNW, formerly 231020). The Warsaw painting was previously attributed to Jan van Bijlert (1597/1598-1671) and now to Johannes Jansz. van Bronckhorst.

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Attribution by Marcin Latka (Artinpl).

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