Cornelis Schut I (Antwerp 1597-1655) -Madonna with the Child

Cornelis Schut the Elder (1597-1655) -Madonna with Child and Saints Elisabetta and Giovannino. Oil painting on canvas depicting the Madonna and Child with Saints Elisabetta and Giovannino.

Antique frame

Size: canvas 100.5 x 81cm Frame 114x95cm

Expertise: Prof. Alessandro Nesi

Cornelis Schut The old man (Antwerp, 13 May 1597 - Antwerp, 29 April 1655) was a Flemish painter, draftsman and engraver of the Baroque period. Schut adopted and maintained throughout his career the Baroque style developed starting from 1625 by painters like Pietro da Cortona and Guercino. Characteristics of this style are the strong sense of animation and the pathos expressed through the use of light and color. Schut's style leads us back to the fact that he was a follower of Rubens, in fact in a document concerning the assets found in the Rubens house after the death of his first wife Isabella Brandt, the amount of 17 florins due to Cornelis Schut for works is recorded performed. This shows a collaboration between Schut and Rubens. Guidance Bibliography on Cornelis Schut: G. Wilmers, Cornelis Schut (1597-1655), at Flemish painter of the High Barocque, Brepols 1996