Madonna and Child with Donors
ca. 1365
Medium
Tempera on wood, gold ground
Dimensions
27 1/8 x 56 3/4 in. (68.9 x 144.1 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1907
Accession Number
07.200
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the luminous world of 14th-century Italian Gothic with *Madonna and Child with Donors* by Giovanni da Milano, around 1365. Thisa on wood panel, measuring an expansive 27 1/8 x 56 3/4 inches, features a classic devotional theme: the Virgin Mary tenderly holding the Christ Child, flanked by donor figures who commissioned the work. The lavish gold ground, a hallmark of Gothic panel painting, bathes the scene in ethereal light, symbolizing divine glory and drawing the viewer's eye to the sacred figures. Giovanni da Milano, a Lombard painter active in Milan, blended influences from Siene...
About the Artist
Giovanni da Milano · 1316–1399
Comment on works: religious