Fantastic landscape with the Crucifixion of Christ, Scipione Compagno (Naples 1624 – 1680)

Scipione Compagni, or Compagno (Naples, circa 1624 - post 1680)
Fantastic landscape with the Crucifixion of Christ on Mount Calvary

Oil painting on canvas
cm. 47 x 62, with antique frame cm. 63 x 78 cm.

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We present with great pleasure this rich depiction, executed in the second half of the seventeenth century, whose stylistic and compositional features reflect the stylistic features of the Neapolitan lesson: the warm colours, the lively chromatic range, the fast but precise brushstrokes are elements that lead us, in detail, by Scipione Compagno.

It fits fully into the classic production of the Neapolitan painter, characterized by compositions full of numerous figures, assembled with great formal elegance, where the painter reworks the mannerist suggestions but in a theatrical key and consequently arrives at an extremely refined baroque vision of narration.

The reminiscences with the painting of Filippo Angeli are evident, but above all the similarities with Domenico Gargiulo, known as Micco Spadaro, distinguished by elegant and precious chromatic agreements, and with some references to Roman painting of the early 17th century. In the work, in fact, we observe references to Roman and Neapolitan classicism, with the bright and brightened palette that we can trace back to the works of the painter's maturity.

The painting, featuring a multitude of characters, shows the scene of the Crucifixion on Mount Calvary, where the three crosses stand out against the background illuminated by a clear light, in an almost otherworldly atmosphere of a mountainous river landscape in front of the city of Jerusalem in the distance. Watching over the dying Christ, we can see the three Marys, with the Virgin in a red dress and blue cloak, surrounded by other women and soldiers, some of them on horseback, one of whom holds a spear with which he inflicted the wound on his side of Christ. In the foreground, again, numerous men, women and children witnessing the scene of the Crucifixion.

The bright and clear colorism of the work in question is typical of Neapolitan painting between the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century. The composition also betrays the influence of Roman classicism prevailing at the end of the seventeenth century.

The bright and clear colorism of the work in question is typical of Neapolitan painting between the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century. The composition also betrays the influence of Roman classicism prevailing at the end of the seventeenth century.

The work is presented in a very good state of conservation, completed by a valuable antique gilded wooden frame. Painting complete with certificate of authenticity in accordance with the law.

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