La Renaissance des Arts (The Renaissance of the Arts)
1853
This monumental allegorical painting by Charles Landelle is a grand celebration of Renaissance artistic achievement, commissioned in 1848 to decorate the Salle des Bijoux in the Palais du Louvre. The central semi-draped female figure points to a sculpted cartouche inscribed with the names of great masters including Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Palissy, and Primaticcio, flanked by Raphaelesque putti and rich decorative objects evoking both Italian and French artistic traditions. A richly ornamented Nevers-style ewer in the foreground bears the painter's signature placed there in 1853, and a medallion alludes to Titian's portrait of Francis I. The work reflects the peak of French academic history painting under the Second Empire and remains in the permanent collection of the Chateau de Fontainebleau.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Museum · Château de Fontainebleau
Notes
Inventory number: INV 5614. Chateau de Fontainebleau collection. Originally commissioned under the July Monarchy and completed under the Second French Empire. Landelle was a friend of Gerard de Nerval and Theophile Gautier and a noted copyist of Italian masters at the Louvre. The cartouche in the painting lists: Michel-Ange (Michelangelo), Raphael, Leonard de Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci), Andre Del Sarte, Correge (Correggio), Titien (Titian), Paul Veronese, Hubert Delorme, Jean Goujon, Germain Pilon, Lard de Pau (partially obscured), Primatice (Primaticcio). Painter's signature is located on the belly of the large Nevers-style dragon-handled ewer at lower right, dated 1853. The enamelled cup in grisaille and gold at the feet of the figure evokes the work of Leonard Limosin.
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Spotted works by Charles Landelle
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