Oil paint on canvas depicting Jesus child feeding birds with grapes. Luigi Miradori's attribution (Genova, 1605 ...

Oil paint on canvas depicting Jesus child feeding birds with grapes. Luigi Miradori's attribution (Genova, 1605, Cremona 1656), called the Genovesino. Cm 55 x 40,5, in frame cm 71x58.

"Religious scene, although it does not seem, that leads to think of the generosity and goodness of the Jesus child feeding birds with grapes, which represents Divine help to humanity. This painting shows the erudite culture of Miradori. In fact his paintings are characterized by the great inventive freedom that shows a clear influence deriving from the Caravaggio suggestions assimilated from the Gentileschi, during the Genovese period, and that give us a vividly realistic split through the manipulations of color with chiaroscuro tones. This painter was defined "cheerful, bizarre, facetious" by Arisi, his biographer, and in this painting seems to demonstrate these characteristics: the tones are perfectly calibrated and the taste for original inventions and anecdotal descriptions is evident." ASOR Studio