Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Madonna and Child with Six Saints (Sant'Ambrogio Altarpiece)
Alternate Title:
Madonna and Child with Six Saints
Image View:
Overall view with 18th century frame (with black background)
Creator:
Sandro Botticelli (Italian painter, ca. 1444-1510)
Location:
repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 8657
Location Note:
Piazzale degli Uffizi
GPS:
43.768639 11.255214
Date:
ca. 1467-1469 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance
Work Type 1:
altarpiece
Work Type 2:
panel painting
Classification:
painting
Material:
tempera paint on wood panel
Technique:
painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
170 x 194 cm (width)
Description:
A Sacra Conversazione with the enthroned Madonna surrounded by saints. To the left are Mary Magdalene with the ointment jar and John the Baptist, and to the right are Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Alexandria with her wheel. The two kneeling saints, Cosmas and Damian, were patron saints of both the Medicis and doctors and pharmacists. The painting takes name from the Florentine convent of Sant'Ambrogio, where it was found in 1810 before the transfer to Accademia, then Uffizi galleries. The frame is 18th century. (Source: Uffizi Gallery [website]; https://www.virtualu ffizi.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-BS-UG-MCM-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Madonna and Child with Six Saints (Sant'Ambrogio Altarpiece)