Madonna and Child
ca. 1448–60
Medium
Tempera on wood, gold ground
Dimensions
Overall: 24 7/8 × 17 5/8 in. (63.2 × 44.8 cm) Painted surface: 21 5/8 × 14 1/8 in. (54.9 × 35.9 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.39
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the serene glow of its gold ground, *Madonna and Child* by Sano Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di M), created around 1448–60, captures the tender devotion central to 15th-century Italian religious art. This tempera-on-wood panel, measuring nearly 25 by 18 inches, exemplifies the Sienese master's skill in crafting intimate devotional images. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Lehman Collection since 1975, it visitors to contemplate the sacred bond between mother and child. Sano di Pietro, a leading figure in Siena's conservative artistic circle, drew from the lingering International Gothi...