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Virgin and Child with Angels

Virgin and Child with Angels

1405
(Italian, 1350/52–1410)
Italy, early 15th Century
tempera and gold on wood panel
Framed: 156.5 x 70.5 x 12.5 cm (61 5/8 x 27 3/4 x 4 15/16 in.); Unframed: 156.5 x 70.7 cm (61 5/8 x 27 13/16 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1977.145
Location: 110A Italian Gothic

Description

This central panel from an altarpiece shows the Madonna seated on a throne with the infant Christ, surrounded by kneeling angels and six-winged seraphim. Below is an image of the dead Christ flanked by the Virgin Mary and Saint John. Above the arch is the Blessing Christ after his ascent into heaven and two more angels who gaze down on the main scene. Together these images extol the role of the Madonna in the redemption of humankind. Spinello Aretino was a painter of devotional panels, altarpieces, and frescos. His most important commissions were painted in Arezzo, Lucca, Florence, Pisa, and Siena. His concern for space and the powerful outlines of his figures reflect a greater understanding of the principles developed by Giotto and his contemporaries, yet his keen sense of decoration reveals an equal awareness of Sienese painting.
  • (F. Mont, New York)
  • Cleveland Museum of Art. Sketchbook: Michelangelo: Mind of the Master. Cleveland Museum of Art; Cleveland, Ohio, 2019. Reproduced: P. 6
    Fahy, Everett, Andrea De Marchi, and Elisabetta Sambo. Studi sulla pittura toscana del Rinascimento = Studies in Tuscan Reinassance painting. Bologna : Fondazione Federico Zeri ; Roma : Officina Libraria, 2020. Reproduced: no. 13, p. 15
  • Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).
  • {{cite web|title=Virgin and Child with Angels|url=false|author=Spinello Aretino|year=1405|access-date=23 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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