Paolo Veronese’s Annunciations A thesis presented to the faculty of the College of Fine Arts of Ohio University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts Jennifer A. Cantu May 2018 © 2018 Jennifer A. Cantu. All Rights Reserved. 2 This thesis titled Paolo Veronese’s Annunciations by JENNIFER A. CANTU has been approved for the School of Art + Design and the College of Fine Arts by Marilyn Bradshaw Professor of Art History Matthew R. Shaftel Dean, College of Fine Arts 3 ABSTRACT CANTU, JENNIFER A., M.A., May 2018, Art History Paolo Veronese’s Annunciations Director of Thesis: Marilyn Bradshaw Paolo Caliari (1528-88), known as Veronese, painted more than a dozen Annunciations and yet, while monographs on the artist provide an overview of his religious paintings, these works are given little attention. My thesis attempts to fill in this gap in the literature. Considering the importance of the Annunciation to Renaissance Venice, I examine Veronese’s numerous paintings of the subject, a number far greater than that of other Venetian artists of his time based on the extant Venetian works focusing on this theme. Creating a catalog of Veronese’s Annunciations, the first catalog to consider all these works in relation to each other, has been central to my research. Based on compilation of the catalog, I propose that Veronese’s Scuola dei Mercanti Annunciation of 1578 became a model for a significant number of Annunciations made by Veronese and his shop in the years following 1578. DEDICATION To my husband, Alex for his unwavering support and encouragement, and to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, whose life on earth begins with The Annunciation. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First, I want to thank Dr. Jennie Klein who convinced me that a woman in her late 40’s could complete a master’s thesis in art history after taking just one undergraduate survey course “for fun.” I also thank Dr. Barbara Bays for agreeing to be on my thesis committee. Finally, I want to thank my thesis advisor, Dr. Marilyn Bradshaw, for sharing her vast knowledge and enjoyment of Renaissance art with me, as well as her encouragement and patience throughout my graduate studies. In addition, I would like to thank the following people and their respective institutions, for their kind assistance in supplying information for my research. Filippo Bertazzo and Giuliano Ghiraldini, Museo Civico, Padua Cecilia Casaril, Citta Metropolitana, Venice June De Philips, Curatorial Assistant European and American Painting and Sculpture, Cleveland Museum of Art Joanna Dunn, Associate Painting Conservator, National Gallery of Art Anne Halpern, Department of Curatorial Records, National Gallery of Art Jeongho Park, Assistant Curation of European Art, Blanton Museum of Art Stephanie Ruse, Collections and Exhibition Assistant, Blanton Museum of Art Andrea Simunic, Office of the Director, Croatian Conservation Institute 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Abstract ............................................................................................................................... 3 Dedication ........................................................................................................................... 4 Acknowledgments............................................................................................................... 5 List of Figures ..................................................................................................................... 8 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 14 Chapter 1: Veronese’s Annunciations in Venice .............................................................. 16 Chapter 2: The Annunciation, Textual Sources and Tradition ......................................... 24 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 30 Catalog of Venetian Annunciations, an Overview of Titian’s and Veronese’s Works .... 31 Titian’s Annunciations ................................................................................................ 34 1. Angel of the Annunciation and The Virgin Annunciate (from the Polyptych of the Resurrection), Chiesa di Santi Nazaro e Celso, Brescia ................................. 34 2. The Annunciation, Cappella di Malchiostro, Duomo, Treviso. ........................ 36 3. The Annunciation, Scuola di San Rocco, Venice. ............................................ 39 4. The Annunciation (lost), for Chiesa Santa Maria degli Angeli, Murano .......... 42 5. The Annunciation, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples ................... 44 6.The Annunciation, Chiesa di San Salvator, Venice ........................................... 46 7.The Annunciation (lost), Santa Maria Nova, Venice ......................................... 48 Paolo Veronese’s Annunciations ................................................................................ 49 8. Archangel of the Annunciation and Virgin Annunciate, Museo Civico, Padua 49 9. The Annunciation, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence ........................................... 52 10. Angel of the Annunciation and Virgin Annunciate, Chiesa di San Sebastiano, Venice ................................................................................................................... 54 11. The Annunciation, Basilica di Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice ..................... 57 12. Angel of the Annuciation, Virgin Annunciate and God the Father,(from the Saint Lawrence altarpiece), Cathedral of Saint Lawrence, Vbroska, Island of Hvar, Croatia. ........................................................................................................ 60 13. The Annunciation, private collection, Florence. ............................................. 62 14. The Annunciation, Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice ..................................... 65 15. The Annunciation, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C. ................... 68 7 16. The Annunciation, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona, Spain ................................................................................................................... 71 17. The Annunciation, private collection, London. .............................................. 72 18. The Annunciation, Palazzo Rosso, Genoa ...................................................... 73 19. The Annunciation, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland ................................................. 74 20. The Annunciation, Patrimonio Nacional, Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain. ................................................................................................. 75 21. The Annunciation, Cleveland Museum of Art ................................................ 78 22. The Annunciation, Gallery Borghese, Rome .................................................. 80 23. Coronation of Virgin, Annunciation, Sibyls (verso), Christ Church, Oxford. 81 24. The Annunciation, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas ........................... 82 25. The Annunciation, Museo di Torcello, Torcello. ............................................ 84 26. Angel of the Annunciation and Virgin Annunciate, private collection ......... 85 27. The Annunciation, Museo Civico, Reggio Emilia .......................................... 86 28. The Annunciation, San Giovanni Decollato, Venice. ..................................... 87 The Lost Annunciations ........................................................................................ 89 Bibliography ..................................................................................................................... 92 State of Research on Veronese’s Annunciations ........................................................ 92 Bibliographic Citations ............................................................................................. 100 Appendix A: Select Sources with Translated Passages .................................................. 113 Appendix B: Figures ....................................................................................................... 120 Appendix C: Timeline of Veronese ................................................................................ 190 8 LIST OF FIGURES Page Figure 1. Bonifazio de’ Pitati, Annunciation, c. 1540, oil on canvas, Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice. ................................................................................................. 120 Figures 2. Veronese, Angel of the Annunciation, 1558, fresco, 250 x 150 cm., Chiesa di San Sebastiano, Venice, (after 2010 restoration). ........................................................... 121 Figure 3. Veronese, Virgin of the Annunciation, 1558, fresco, 250 x 150 cm., Chiesa di San Sebastiano, Venice, (after 2010 restoration). ........................................................... 121 Figure 4. Veronese and Benedetto Caliari, Annunciation, 1564, oil on canvas, 340 x 455 cm., Cappella del Rosaria, Basilica di Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice. ........................ 122 Figure 5. Veronese, The Annunciation, 1578, oil on canvas, 275 x 543 cm., Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice, (after 2008 restoration). .......................................................... 123 Figure 6. Veronese, Annunciation, c. 1551-56, oil on canvas, 172 x 291 cm., Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. ..................................................................................................... 124 Figure 7. Veronese, The Annunciation,