Published: 20240223
The Palace of the Grand Dukes presents the painting "Madonna and Child" by Giovanni Bellini (c.1430-1516), one of the most famous Italian artists of all time and a genius of the Renaissance. It is on display in the Reconstructed Historical Interiors Exposition, a space especially set up for the masterpiece.
In 2023, the Wawel Royal Castle – State Art Collection (Poland) acquired a masterpiece of 15th-century Italian painting – Madonna and Child by Giovanni Bellini (ca 1430–1516), one of the most famous Italian artists of all time and a genius of the Renaissance. This magnificent painting can be traced back to the 19th century and is known to have belonged to famous art collections. It is now a diamond in the Wawel Royal Castle collection.
Giovanni Bellini is considered the founder of the Venetian School of Art – one of the most famous and popular artists of the Italian Renaissance, he was among the first to experiment with oil paints and applied many of the innovations of the time throughout his career spanning six decades. Before developing his style and individual colour scheme, he studied the works of medieval and Byzantine masters, while also drawing on the experience of his father Jacopo Bellini (ca 1400 – ca 1470), his brother-in-law Andrea Mantegna (1431–1506), painter Antonello da Messina (ca 1430 – ca 1479), sculptor Donatello (ca 1386–1466), and the work of northern European artists.
In the Museum, Dr. Pranas Kiznis's art gallery, you can see the paintings of one of the closest students of G. Bellini and the nurturer of master's style, Nicolo Rondinelli (c. 1468 - c. 1520), who painted The Circumcision of Christ.
You can see the Madonna and Child until the 19th of May
