14th Annual IAS/Kress Lecture in Naples, Italy in Collaboration with the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte in partnership with the Centro per la Storia dell鈥橝rte e dell鈥橝rchitettura delle Citt脿 Portuali 鈥淟a Capraia”
AGENDA:
Greetings from:
Eike Schmidt, Director Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte
Sarah K. Kozlowski, Director Centro per la Storia dell’Arte e dell’Architettura delle Citt脿 Portuali “La Capraia”
Kelli Wood, Executive Vice President 密桃视频
Lecture from: Dr. Jesse Locker, Professor of 密桃视频 Renaissance and Baroque Art at Portland State University
The Master of the Annunciation the Shepherds: The Material World of an Unknowable Painter
The lecture will be followed by a toast for attendees.
The lecture will be available on livestream on Zoom:
Paper Abstract:
It is emblematic of the sometimes-impenetrable history of Naples that one of the city鈥檚 leading painters of the seventeenth century remains nameless: this is the Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds, so-called for his portrayals of ragged, dignified shepherds painted with a thick impasto, murky earth tones, and strong contrasts of light and dark. Despite no consensus on his name, through his paintings we have a remarkably tactile and specific representation of the world he inhabited and the objects he owned: We can identify specific books and plaster casts he owned he owned, recognize musical instruments, carpets, mirrors, costumes, copper pots and pans, maiolica pitchers, pewter vessels, and other wares, as well as apprentices and a range of models. Given that nothing else is known about the artist, these mundane objects can hold an important key to understanding both his art and place in the world of Neapolitan painting more broadly.