When I visited the Uffizi last month I took notes on some of the amazing artwork that I photographed.
However, I failed to identify one of my favorite pieces. It was a black and white painting of a seated Mary holding Jesus with five other people standing behind her. I have tried to find it online, to no avail.
Is there a website where I might be able to find the title and artist for this incredibly moving painting?
Posted by
Central Florida
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Sadly, I went through my Uffizi guide and could not find it.
Posted by
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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I have a door-stopper of a book of the Uffizi and Pitti galleries paintings. The only painting I can find for you is not black and white but sort of sepia-toned with almost-black foreground. Beyond Mary, Babe and entourage is an architectural rendering, incomplete, of a palace, etc.
This is The Adoration of the Magi by da Vinci, 1480. Book says "It is a sublime example of the artist's research on the effects of light."
Posted by
OP
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Thank you both so much for taking the time to search. I found the painting!
It is "The Lamentation over the Body of Christ" by Bellini. It was actually painted on wood. My photograph makes it look almost like a pencil sketch, with fine detail. That surprises me because my Olympus camera is usually pretty accurate in reproducing what I see.
Anyway, I am so glad to finally know what it is.
With so many incredible pieces of art in the Uffizi, I found this one especially moving!