Francesco Vanni: Art in Late Renaissance Siena opens today through 5 January at Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, CT. Vanni was Siena’s preeminent artist at the dawn of the Baroque era and a key figure in Italian Counter-Reformation painting. This exhibition, the first monographic treatment of Vanni, includes over 60 paintings and drawings by Vanni, as well as many prints following his designs.
Rest on the Flight into Egypt, known as the Madonna della Pappa, ca. 1595. Oil on canvas. Yale University Art Gallery, Maitland F. Griggs, B.A. 1896, Fund.
The Last Communion and Martyrdom of Saint Lucy, 1596-98, Yale University Art Gallery, Frederick M. Clapp, B.A. 1901, M.A. 1911, Fund. 2005.25.1