AFTER ANTONIO ALLEGRI DA CORREGGIO (1489–1534) 'La Zingarella' or 'The Madonna with the Rabbit'
after the circa 1516-17 original now in the collection of the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, oil on canvas, 52cm x 40cm
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£300 - £500
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Hammer price:
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£800 |
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Note: This composition shows the Rest on the Flight into Egypt, although (as also seen in works around the same time by Dosso Dossi) it omits the figure of Saint Joseph. The traditional title refers to the Madonna being attired as a gypsy girl (zingarella). The infant in her lap recalls the traditional iconography of the Madonna of Humilty. In antiquity it was thought that the rabbit could reproduce without sexual intercourse, so here the rabbit is an allusion to the Madonna's virginity and the Immaculate Conception.
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