Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Madonna and Child
Alternate Title:
Madonna col Bambino
Image View:
Detail, heads of the Virgin and child with punchwork in the gold leaf
Creator:
Jacopo del Casentino (Italian painter, 1279-ca.1358)
Location:
repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 40179
Location Note:
Vatican Museums (Pinacoteca); Viale Vaticano
GPS:
41.906389 12.454444
Date:
ca. 1320 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1:
altarpiece
Work Type 2:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera and gold leaf on wood (poplar) panel
Technique:
gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; polyptych
Description:
This was the central panel in an altarpiece with five panels. There is punchwork in the gold leaf creating the halos. Jacopo del Casentino was probably trained in Florence. (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://www.museivati cani.va/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
6A1-CASENT-VM-MC-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Madonna and Child