Portret "de heilige Antonius van Padua" tempera en olie op hout door Vittore Crivelli, 1479- ca. 1484, Marche

Vittore Crivelli's Portret "de heilige Antonius van Padua" tempera en olie op hout door Vittore Crivelli, 1479- ca. 1484, Marche (1481) reflects the artistic culture of the Early Renaissance and the Italian artistic tradition. Vittore Crivelli brings characteristic skill to the subject, creating a work that demonstrates the range and ambition of fifteenth-century Italian painting. The final decades of the Quattrocento witnessed an explosion of artistic talent across Italy, with Florence, Venice, Ferrara, and Mantua all producing masters of the first rank.

Executed with skilled technique and attention to careful observation, the work reveals Vittore Crivelli's characteristic approach to composition and surface. The treatment of light and the careful modulation of color create visual richness within a unified pictorial scheme.