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Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels
(Renaissance Europe )
The Madonna holds the Christ Child and is flanked by two angels and Saints Jerome (at the left) and Bernardino of Siena (at the right). Bernardino (1380-1444) holds up a tablet monogrammed with the name of Christ. The monogram is partly covered by Jesus' head to show us its true meaning.
The naturalistic modeling of the figures and their overlapping spatial arrangement reveal Matteo di Giovanni's mastery of the new way of creating pictorial space. At the same time, as a tribute to his native city, he includes the traditional Sienese gold ground of earlier centuries.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Kleinberger Galleries, New York, 1924 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Duveen Brothers, 1925 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 2/14/1958 | Treatment | stabilized; coated |
| 12/4/1989 | Examination | examined for conditon |
| 12/12/1989 | Examination | examined for technical study |
Geographies
Italy, Siena (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Panel H: 29 1/2 x W: 21 7/16 x D: 1 3/8 in. (75 x 54.5 x 3.5 cm); Pained surface H: 25 3/16 x W: 17 7/16 in. (64 x 44.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.1038