Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Agnes
Medium
Tempera on wood, gold ground
Dimensions
Overall: 12 5/8 × 9 3/4 in. (32.1 × 24.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.32
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About this artwork
This intimate devotional panel exemplifies Giovanni di Paolo's distinctive late Gothic style, characterized by precious gold ground and meticulous tempera technique. Created around 1465, the work depicts the Madonna and Child flanked by Saints Jerome and Agnes. Giovanni di Paolo (1398-1482), one of Siena's most important Quattrocento painters, maintained medieval artistic traditions even as Florence embraced Renaissance. His paintings feature luminous gold backgrounds, elongated figures, and spi...