This painting of an angel kissing a sleeping child can be considered to date from the early years of the 20th century. As a religious reworking of the theme of motherhood, the work shows the influence of the contemporary symbolist movement. During that period, Irolli dealt with both Christian themes and the more traditional subjects of genre painting, showing a particular sensitivity in the depiction of children and maternal love. While referring to the decadent subject of music and dreams, the figure of the angel-musician in the painting in the Cariplo collection also shows the loving intimacy found in a similar painting of a guardian angel keeping watch over a slumbering child, namely Guardian Angel (whereabouts unknown), exhibited in a solo exhibition in Livorno in 1933. The free handling of paint, the use of pure color and figures with blurred outlines but vivid expressive gestures show the influence of Antonio Mancini, an indisputable point of reference in the Neapolitan art world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Vincenzo Irolli (Naples, Italy Sept. 30, 1860 - Nov. 27, 1949) was an Italian painter. He enrolled at the Institute of Fine Arts in Naples. In 1890 he became a member of the Circolo Artistico Napoletano.
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