Madonna and Child with Saints Catherine and John the Baptist
Medium
marble with traces of polychromy and gilding
Dimensions
70.5 × 52.5 × 5.9 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
In memory of Henry G. Dalton by his nephews, George S. Kendrick and Harry D. Kendrick
Accession Number
1942.1162
Tags
About this artwork
The Madonna is seated beneath a Gothic-arched canopy flanked by Saints Catherine and John the Baptist. A rectangular frame encloses the group. Most likely from a Sienese church interior, the work is probably a fragment of a larger sculptural program such as a tomb. An authentic Gothic style in sculpture appeared in Tuscany from the mid 1200s through about 1350 elucidated by the work of Giovanni di Agostino, Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, and others who were active on Siena Cathedral’s sculptural pr...