Madonna and Child
Medium
Tempera on wood, gold ground
Dimensions
Overall, with engaged frame, 34 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. (87 x 59.1 cm); painted surface 27 x 16 7/8 in. (68.6 x 42.9 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
Accession Number
41.190.13
Tags
About the Artist
Paolo di Giovanni Fei · 1369–1411
Paolo di Giovanni Fei (c. 1345–c. 1411) emerged as a distinctive voice in the Sienese school of painting, a tradition rooted in Siena's medieval artistic heritage. Originally from San Quirico near Castelvecchio, he settled in Siena by 1369, when records document his membership in the city's General Council, indicating he had already reached adulthood. By 1389, he appeared in the register of the pa...