Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Madonna of Senigallia
Alternate Title:
Madonna di Senigallia
Image View:
Detail, body of the Christ Child, wearing a coral necklace and holding a white flower
Creator:
Piero della Francesca (Italian painter, ca. 1415-1492)
Location:
repository: Galleria Nazionale delle Marche (Urbino, Marches, Italy)
Location Note:
Palazzo Ducale di Urbino Piazza Rinascimento 13
GPS:
43.723333 12.637778
Date:
ca. 1470-1474 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on wood panel
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
67 cm (height) x 53 cm (width)
Subjects:
New Testament; Angels; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Description:
Among Piero’s last works is the Senigallia Madonna (painted for Santa Maria delle Grazie, Senigallia), an intimate depiction of the Virgin and Child between two silvery-blue and pink angels with a view into a background room. The extraordinary effect of reflected light from the shuttered window there is a distant prelude to Dutch 17th-century painting. From its small scale the painting was intended for private devotion. The Christ Child wears a necklace of coral, an allusion to the Eucharist. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-PIERO-GNM-MS-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Madonna of Senigallia