Huge 19th Painting Cherub Children Sitting Holding Rose Rudolphine School Putti Portraits

Description

We are pleased to offer for sale a huge
Early 19th-century paintings often highlighted by auction houses as "Rudolphine school" refer to artworks inspired by the 17th-century Prague court of Rudolf II, frequently featuring detailed allegories, mythological scenes, or still life's with rich, dramatic chiaroscuro.
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These works, often mistaken for later, are characterised by intense, detailed, and often dark, Mannerist-influenced compositions.
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Key elements of these paintings from this period include:
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Style: Influenced by the 16th/17th-century Northern Mannerism (Prague School), featuring high-contrast light and shadow (chiaroscuro).
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Subject Matter: Mythological figures, allegories, and often elaborate, detailed still lifes, sometimes with animals or cherubs.
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Context: While the true Rudolphine school existed under Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II (late 16th/early 17th century), the term is sometimes used to describe 19th-century works that replicate this dark, allegorical style or to mislabeled 17th-century works.
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Based on 17th-century art, a painting of a putto sitting and holding a rose typically represents an allegory of love, fleeting beauty, or innocence, often associated with the goddess Venus or, in religious contexts, the Virgin Mary
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Several examples from this period show these cherubic figures in such poses.
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17th Century Putti with Rose Paintings
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Examples:
17th Century, Emilian School, Putto With Rose: Often specifically oil on canvas showing sitting putto squeezing a flower (rose or peony) while looking at the viewer.
Often featuring a soft, light-filled style typical of the Emilian school.
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17th-century, Italian School, Still Life with Putti: A Roman 17th-century oil painting, sometimes found in pairs or sets, depicts putti alongside flowers and fruit.
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Carlo Innocenzo Carloni, Putti Holding Flowers: While some of his work extends into the 18th century, Carloni’s style of putti, often sitting or reclining among roses and flowers, reflects the late Baroque/early Rococo transition.
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Workshop of Rubens, Putti with Flowers: Rubens frequently used putti in his commissions, often as part of larger, triumphant allegories.
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Symbolism and Style:
The Rose: Symbolises the fleeting nature of love and the joy it brings, or in Christian art, the "Rosa senza spine" (rose without thorns) representing the Virgin.
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Putti Characteristics:
In this period, putti are often depicted with soft, chubby, amber-skinned bodies, frequently set against a soft or dark, atmospheric background.
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Allegory of Summer:
In some, particularly northern European, examples, putti holding flowers or sitting among foliage are used to represent the season of summer or spring.
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These types of paintings were popular for private collections or as, for example, "over door" decorations.
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INSCRIPTION
A penned inscription says “ after “ artist Domenico Zampieri 1849.
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SAMPLE IMAGE / FROM AUCTION LISTING
Small 17th Example of the same Cherubs
attributed to Domenico Zampieri, stating a pre cartoon of a work or cut down piece from a much larger scale work , perhaps no longer
in existence.
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Our example is finished with rose in hand and has flowers painted in the foreground placed within a full landscape with stone pillar to the right margin providing scale, having a sunset and mountainous terrain beyond with sky.
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FRAME
Presented in an early 19th century Venetian Gilt Carved Wooden Frame of Italian origin.
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RESTORATION
This huge Oil Portrait on canvas is currently away under going a light clean and further refurbishment to museum standard.
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DELIVERY
UK By Specialist Art Courier £150
Worldwide : EU £1000 / USA £1200
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Dimensions

Height = 152.5 cm (60")
Width = 134.5 cm (53")
Depth = 5 cm (2")