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Virgin and Child Adored by Saints Mary Magdalene and Nicolas of Bari; Christ Crucified with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
Sano di Pietro (Italian, 1406–1481)1400s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The artist covered the sides and reverse of this panel with a thin layer of gesso (a type of plaster), allowing the texture of the rough wood to remain visible. He then painted it to resemble porphyry, a beautiful and valuable stone.
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- Title: Virgin and Child Adored by Saints Mary Magdalene and Nicolas of Bari; Christ Crucified with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
- Creator: Sano di Pietro (Italian, 1406–1481)
- Date Created: 1400s
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 46 x 21.4 cm (18 1/8 x 8 7/16 in.); Framed: 58.2 x 28 x 4.8 cm (22 15/16 x 11 x 1 7/8 in.)
- Provenance: Federico Ione, Siena; (Durlacher, New York, 1924)
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.199
- Medium: tempera and gold on wood
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: Italy, Siena
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. B. P. Bole, Mr. and Mrs. Guerdon S. Holden, Mrs. Windsor T. White, and the L. E. Holden Fund
- Collection: MED - Medieval Art
- Accession Number: 1924.199
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