Adele Pinot (1848), by Guido Reni (Bologna, 1575 -1642)

Adele Pinot (1848), by Guido Reni (Bologna, 1575 -1642)

Madonna in adoration of the sleeping Child

Oil on canvas, cm 97 x 107

Signed bottom right "Adele Pinot 1848"

The canvas in question depicts the Madonna and Child, caught in a moment of great tenderness and intimacy. Surrounded by a brilliant brightness, the little Jesus is depicted in the foreground comfortably seated on some soft drapes. The face appears serenely asleep and is framed by blond curls; the complexion is candied and the legs, just curled and slightly bent at knee height, contribute to accentuate the naturalness and sweetness of the composition. Full of tenderness and motherly love appears the figure of Our Lady, with delicate features and head covered by a veil, which, placed three-quarters, is totally attracted by the contemplation of the child. The high quality found in the execution of the figures is also emphasized in the rendering of soft draperies and in the careful attention to detail. The interesting pictorial device of the circular frame that surrounds the two figures allows the observer to feel involved and emotionally involved, as if he were present at the event. 

The work, created in 1848 by the French artist Adele Pinot, reworks the famous Madonna in adorazione del Bambino by Guido Reni (Bologna, 1575 - 1642) now preserved at the Galleria Doria Pamphilj in Rome. The painting of Reni, of oval format, probably repeated by the master, was the object of a certain luck both pictorial and incisoria. In fact, there is an early and faithful copy made by Giovanni Battista Salvi, known as the Sassoferrato (Sassoferrato, 1609 - Rome, 1685), currently kept at the Parmeggiani Gallery at the Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia. Salvi must have particularly appreciated the Rhenish iconographic invention, since it resulted in many paintings of the same subject and similar composition, as testified by his Madonna with sleeping child of the Estense Gallery of Modena. Equally dated to the seventeenth century are another pictorial reproduction of the work today preserved at the National Museum of Palazzo Mansi in Lucca and some engravings made, with some variations, from the Dutch Cornelis Bloemaert and the French painter Jean Boulanger both placed at the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints of the National Art Gallery of Bologna. The bull of Bloemaart was printed by Giovanni Giacomo De' Rossi and presents a dedication to the Spanish nobleman Pietro Paolo Avila, «Picturae et liberalium artium Studiosisimo», while that of Jean Boulanger was edited by the Parisian Jean Leblond I. 

These engravings, les d'après and the paintings of Sassoferrato undoubtedly contributed to the immense fortune of this image of Reni, widespread and appreciated over the centuries especially for its devotional potential and the intense emotion transmitted.

The object is in good condition

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