Saint Anthony Abbot (Moretto)

St Antony the Abbot is a 1530-1534 oil on canvas painting of Antony the Great by Moretto da Brescia on display on one of the side-altars in the Santuario della Madonna della Neve in Auro, Casto, Province of Brescia, Italy.[1][2]

St Antony the Abbot (1530-1534) by Moretto da Brescia

History

The first possible reference to the work[3] is by Francesco Paglia in 1675 - in writing of Casto he states generally that in "Val Sabria beyond these are seen in some little churches works by Romanino and Moretto".[4] It is impossible definitively to link this reference to specific paintings, but the only one still in this area is Moretto's St Antony the Abbot.[3] Its commissioner is unknown, but was probably the town of Casto - the Santuario was built from 1527 onwards after a vision of the Virgin Mary and the canvas dates to the years immediately after this.[1][3] There is no mention in later sources of the work being moved and so it seems to be on its original site.[3]

References
  1. Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, p. 291
  2. Camillo Boselli, p. 95-96
  3. Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, p. 288
  4. Francesco Paglia, p. 35

Bibliography (in Italian)
  • Camillo Boselli, Il Moretto, 1498-1554, in "Commentari dell'Ateneo di Brescia per l'anno 1954 - Supplemento", Brescia 1954
  • Pietro Da Ponte, L'opera del Moretto, Brescia 1898
  • Roberto Longhi, Quesiti caravaggeschi - II, I precedenti, in "Pinacotheca", anno 1, numeri 5–6, marzo-giugno 1929
  • Pompeo Molmenti, Il Moretto da Brescia, Firenze 1898
  • Francesco Paglia, Il Giardino della Pittura, Brescia 1675
  • Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, Alessandro Bonvicino - Il Moretto da Brescia, Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 1988
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