Madonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist, Jerome, Peter Martyr, and Bernardino and Four Angels
ca. 1425–before ca. 1467
Medium
Tempera on wood, gold ground
Dimensions
Overall, with engaged (not original) frame: 28 1/8 × 22 1/8 in. (71.4 × 56.2 cm) Painted surface: 24 3/4 × 18 5/8 in. (62.9 × 47.3 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.43
Tags
Art Historical Context
This radiant *Madonna and Child with Saints the Baptist, Jerome, Peter Martyr, and Bernardino Four Angels* by Sano di Pietro (ano di Pietro di M), a leading Sienese painter of the 15th century exemplifies the devotional art of Renaissance Italy. Created sometime between ca. 142 and before ca. 7, it portrays the Virgin Mary tenderly holding the Christ Child on a throne, surrounded by revered saints and fluttering angels in a serene, heavenly gathering known as a *sacra conversazione*. Sano di Pietro, active in Siena—a city that cherished its Gothic traditions amid Florence's rising Renaissance—...