Madonna and Child with Saints | |
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Artist | Andrea Mantegna |
Year | 1500 |
Medium | tempera on panel |
Dimensions | 61,5 cm × 87,5 cm (242 in × 344 in) |
Location | Galleria Sabauda, Turin |
The Madonna and Child with Saints is a tempera on panel painting, attributed to Andrea Mantegna, dated to around 1500 and now in the Galleria Sabauda in Turin. Its top left hand corner is badly damaged. [1]
At the Virgin's knee is the infant John the Baptist, with his cross, camel skin and a scroll reading Ecce Agnus Dei. In the right background are Catherine of Alexandria with her wheel, an old female saint ( Anne or Elisabeth) and an old male saint ( Joachim or Joseph). On the left are a female saint (possibly Mary Magdalene) and a male saint with a book (possibly John the Evangelist).
Madonna and Child with Saints | |
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Artist | Andrea Mantegna |
Year | 1500 |
Medium | tempera on panel |
Dimensions | 61,5 cm × 87,5 cm (242 in × 344 in) |
Location | Galleria Sabauda, Turin |
The Madonna and Child with Saints is a tempera on panel painting, attributed to Andrea Mantegna, dated to around 1500 and now in the Galleria Sabauda in Turin. Its top left hand corner is badly damaged. [1]
At the Virgin's knee is the infant John the Baptist, with his cross, camel skin and a scroll reading Ecce Agnus Dei. In the right background are Catherine of Alexandria with her wheel, an old female saint ( Anne or Elisabeth) and an old male saint ( Joachim or Joseph). On the left are a female saint (possibly Mary Magdalene) and a male saint with a book (possibly John the Evangelist).