Enthroned Madonna and Child with angels and Saints Louis of Toulouse, Zenobius, John the Evangelist, and John the Baptist / Jacopo del Casentino
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- Accession Number
- 1960/2.123
- Title
- Enthroned Madonna and Child with angels and Saints Louis of Toulouse, Zenobius, John the Evangelist, and John the Baptist
- Artist
- Jacopo del Casentino
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Artist Life Dates
- 1279 - c.1349
- Medium and Support
- tempera and gold on panel
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1325
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Italy (nation)
- Tuscany (region)
- Firenze (province)
- Florence (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Italy (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Tuscany (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Firenze (province)
- Creation Place 5
- Florence (inhabited place)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Gothic
- Dimensions
- 64.8 cm x 38.7 cm x 2.2 cm (25 1/2 in. x 15 1/4 in. x 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 14th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- triptych
- Secondary Object Classification
- Ritual Objects
- Secondary Object Type
- altarpiece
- Physical Description
- The majestic figure of the Virgin with the infant Christ on her lap sits enthroned in the center of this painted panel. Her elaborate throne rests upon a dais and is enclosed on three sides by panels bristling with Gothic ornament. Two bishop saints holding croziers stand at the foot of the dais accompanied by two other saints who stand behind them, while fourteen angels crowd the background.
- Subject Matter
- The Virgin and infant Christ sit in majesty upon an ornate throne surrounded by saints and angels. To the Virgin's right, at the foot of the dais, stands the bishop-saint Louis of Toulouse with St. John the Evangelist holding a quill pen behind him. Another bishop, St. Zenobius stands next to the other side of the dais accompanied by John the Baptist. Fourteen angels crowd the background on either side of the throne.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 979 x 1475
- File Size
- 160 KB
- Record
- 1960/2.123
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"Enthroned Madonna and Child with angels and Saints Louis of Toulouse, Zenobius, John the Evangelist, and John the Baptist; Jacopo del Casentino." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1960-sl-2.123/1960_2.123.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
