Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Christ and the Virgin Interceding for Mankind
Image View:
Detail, Virgin Mary bares the breast that nurtured Jesus
Creator:
circle of Domenico Ghirlandaio (Italian painter, 1449-1494)
Location:
repository: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada) 1953.1084
Location Note:
1380 Sherbrooke Street West; Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace
GPS:
45.4987-73.5801
Date:
ca. 1490 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint; tempera on wood panel
Technique:
painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
87.6 cm (height) x 55.2 cm (width)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint; Cistercians; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Holy Trinity; Holy Spirit
Description:
In the presence of the Trinity, the Virgin intercedes for man, exposing her breast that nurtured Christ. At the same time, Christ points to his mother and to his own wound as he looks upward towards a heavenly God the Father in a light mandorla, while the Holy Spirit, as a dove, descends towards him. This double intercession was cited in a text attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux, founder of the Cistercian order, shown kneeling below. (Source: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; http://www.mmfa.qc.c a/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-CDGHIR-CVIM-A05
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Christ and the Virgin Interceding for Mankind