Madonna and Child enthroned with six saints

Master of the Richardson tryptych1380s/90s -

Details

Title: Madonna and Child enthroned with six saints
Creator Lifespan: active around 1375 - around 1410
Creator Nationality: Italian
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Birth Place: Siena
Date: 1380s/90s -
Provenance: Alberto Crespi Collection
Physical Dimensions: w26.1 x h54.8 cm (with frame)
Painter: Master of the Richardson tryptych
Description: This panel was probably the left half of a portable diptych intended for private devotion. It has an old hinge on the right side, and marbled decoration on the back. The Virgin sits on a throne covered with a decorated red cloth, surrounded by saints. On the left are Saint Michael and Saint Peter, with another saint, and on the right is Saint Paul the Apostle. Two unidentifiable martyrs stand behind the back of the throne. In the pinnacle of the panel is the Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John sitting at the foot of the cross. The figures have somewhat squat forms, their outlines incisively drawn, while a marked chiaroscuro defines the modeling and animates the folds of the drapery. The most recent studies of the work place it within Sienese painting of the last quarter of the fourteenth century, close to that of Paolo di Giovanni Fei and the other artists of his circle.
Type: painting
Rights: © Archivio fotografico Museo Diocesano, Milano
Medium: tempera on wood

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