Object number1917.1.2
Madonna and Child with Two Saints
Date1475-1485
CultureItalian
MediumTempera on panel
DimensionsUnframed: 19 5/16 x 13 3/8 in. (49 x 34 cm)
Framed: 29 1/8 x 21 5/8 x 3 1/8 in. (74 x 55 x 8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Charles M. Pratt
Period15th c
DescriptionA depiction of the Virgin Mary and Jesus as an infant. Mary has gilded details to her garments while Jesus has a translucent cloth around his waist and wears a bracelet and necklace of coral beads. Behind them is a sumptuous brocade-like background and in the lower part of the foreground are two clerical figures wearing robes. The figure on the left has a shaved head consistent with a monk's tonsure and holds a chalice like item in his left hand while pointing to it with his right hand. The bishop saint figure at right wears a pointed, mitre hat and carries a book in one hand and crozier, astaff that curves decoratively at the end, in his other hand. All the figures in the work have gilded halos surrounding their head.
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