Três Anjos na Nuvem Abaixados Para Adoração (Three Putti Standing Atop Clouds Gazing Downward in Adoration) - Bernardino Luini

Três Anjos na Nuvem Abaixados Para Adoração (Three Putti Standing Atop Clouds Gazing Downward in Adoration) - Bernardino Luini
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Three graceful putti atop clouds gaze downwards in various poses of adoration in this sophisticated panel by Bernardino Luini, a central figure of the Lombard Renaissance deeply influenced by Raphael and Leonardo. Wearing gauze tunics and each with different colored wings, they look towards a point outside of the picture plane to the lower left, suggesting this composition once served as the upper register of a polyptych. Although a paucity of documentary evidence surrounding Luini’s life makes it difficult to establish a chronology of his works, the restrained color palette of this scene, the skillful rendering of the flesh tones of the figures, and the soft modelling of their lively forms suggests a possible dating of this panel to circa 1515-1520.