Madonna of the Cat

Colors in this work

Artist: Federico Barocci
Date: 1588–1592
Medium: canvas; oil paint
Holding institution: Uffizi Gallery
Palette: Charred Umber · Black family · #261C0F · 49%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #493217 · 10%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #9C672F · 10%

Apricot Plaster · Orange family · #DFAA63 · 9%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #6C4018 · 7%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #3D1D07 · 6%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #592307 · 4%

Lampblack · Black family · #0F0803 · 2%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #CFB6A1 · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #882509 · <1%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #3E120F · <1%

Charred Umber · Black family · #1C1C12 · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #080301 · <1%

Mandarin Enamel · Orange family · #F5792C · <1%

Iron Gall Black · Black family · #181E18 · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #10070B · <1%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #F5FED8 · <1%

Oxidized Bronze · Green family · #6F7460 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Uffizi Gallery

11 tags

Madonna and Child Both · 99%

The title identifies the subject as the Madonna with the infant Christ, and the image visibly centers a seated woman beside a sleeping infant.
Related to Religion Both · 98%

The title and figures establish a Christian devotional subject; a cross is visibly held by the child at right.
Animals Visual · 99%

A clearly rendered cat reclines on the cloth-covered platform in the lower center foreground.
Interiors Visual · 97%

The figures are situated inside a dark, timbered architectural space with columns, a raised platform, and an opening to the exterior.

Mannerism Interpretive · 70%

The elongated figures, animated gestures, and complex spatial arrangement are compatible with a late-sixteenth-century Mannerist visual language, but the supplied catalog does not provide a style attribution.

Dark Colors Visual · 98%

Deep browns, blacks, and muted reds dominate the composition, with brighter flesh tones and garments concentrated around the central figures.
Dense Composition Visual · 89%

Overlapping figures, varied gestures, saturated garment accents, and architectural framing create a richly populated lower and middle composition.

Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The catalog records the medium as canvas with oil paint.
Painting Metadata · 99%

The catalog classifies the work as a painting, consistent with the visible image.
Chiaroscuro Visual · 93%

Brightly illuminated figures and fabrics emerge sharply from the surrounding shadow, producing a pronounced light-and-dark structure.

16th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the painting to 1588–1592, placing it in the sixteenth century.

Federico Barocci. https://www.uffizi.it/opere/madonna-della-gatta-barocci

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