Adoration of the Christ Child Gerard Van Honthorst
by Wayne Moran
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Adoration of the Christ Child Gerard Van Honthorst
Artist
Wayne Moran
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Photograph - Fine Art Photography
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Adoration of the Christ Child Gerard Van Honthorst
The Adoration of the Child shows a moonlit scene with Mary laying the Child in swaddling clothes. Joseph is looking over her shoulder and two angels are leaning over the crib. The moonlight is reflected off the faces in such a way that suggests the Child as a light source. The composition is reminiscent of much earlier versions, such as the 1490 Nativity at Night by Geertgen tot Sint Jans. The "Child as light source" aspect was used again and further exaggerated by Honthorst the next year when he painted the same subject, today held by the Wallraf-Richartz Museum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Christ_Child_(Honthorst)
The Uffizi Gallery Florence Italy
The Uffizi Gallery is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums and the most visited, it is also one of the largest and best known in the world and holds a collection of priceless works, particularly from the period of the Italian Renaissance.
After the ruling house of Medici died out, their art collections were gifted to the city of Florence under the famous Patto di famiglia negotiated by Anna Maria Luisa, the last Medici heiress. The Uffizi is one of the first modern museums. The gallery had been open to visitors by request since the sixteenth century, and in 1765 it was officially opened to the public, formally becoming a museum in 1865.
Today, the Uffizi is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Florence and one of the most visited art museums in the world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffizi
Read more: https://waynemoranphotography.com/blog/top-10-reasons-to-visit-florence-italy/
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