Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Madonna and Child Enthroned
Image View:
Detail, Madonna and Christ Child holding scroll
Creator:
Saint Cecilia Master (Italian painter, active ca. 1290-1320)
Location:
repository: Galleria dell'Accademia (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
58-60 via Ricasoli
GPS:
43.77694 11.25873
Date:
ca. 1320-1325 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Classification:
painting
Material:
tempera paint with gold gilding on wood panel
Technique:
gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
Description:
The provenance of the painting is unknown. The Latin words "In ulnis matris/ manet hic sapientia/ patris" are inscribed on the scroll held by the Christ Child. The painting is a late work of the Saint Cecilia Master, a contemporary of Giotto, who may have collaborated with Giotto on the fresco cycle, Life of Saint Francis, in the upper church of St. Francis of Assisi. The painter's name comes from identification with a dossal in the Uffizi Gallery depicting Saint Cecilia. (Source: Galleria dell'Accademia (Florence) [website]; http://www.accademia .org/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-M-AG-ME2-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Madonna and Child Enthroned