Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints
Medium
Tempera on wood, gold ground
Dimensions
Overall 13 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (33.7 x 21.6 cm); painted surface 13 x 8 1/8 in. (33 x 20.6 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941
Accession Number
41.100.15
Tags
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the European Paintings gallery of the Metropolitan Museum of, Bernardo Daddi's *Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints* is gem of 14th-century Florentine. This intimate tempera panel on wood, measuring just 13¼ × 8½ inches,s with a lavish gold ground—a hallmark of Italian Gothic painting that evokes heavenly radiance and divine splendor. The central figures of the Virgin Mary tenderly holding the Christ Child are flanked by Saints Francis and John the Baptist, embodying a classic devotional iconography cherished in Renaissance-era households and chapels. Daddi, a leading painter i...
About the Artist
Bernardo Daddi · 1250–1360
Comment on works: religious