Madonna and Child with St. Thomas Aquinas and a Bishop Saint / Artist Unknown, Umbria, Italy
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- Accession Number
- 1992/1.134
- Title
- Madonna and Child with St. Thomas Aquinas and a Bishop Saint
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Medium and Support
- tempera and gold on panel
- Object Creation Date
- 1440-1480
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Italy (nation)
- Umbria (region)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Italy (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Umbria (region)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Alice Berle Crawford
- Style/Group/Movement
- Early Renaissance
- Dimensions
- 73.66 cm x 52.71 cm x 6.67 cm (29 in. x 20 3/4 in. x 2 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 15th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- altarpiece
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- Biblical
- Physical Description
- This rectangular panel depicts four sacred figures rendered in dark hues with passages of vibrant red against a gold background. The upper edge of the gilded frame bears the prayer known as the "Hail Mary" ("Ave Maria Gratia Plena Domin[us tecum]").
- Subject Matter
- The Virgin Mary and the infant Christ occupy the center of this panel, which once served as an altarpiece. She holds the child in her right arm and bends her head toward him with lowered eyes, while Christ looks out toward the viewer and raises his right hand in a gesture of blessing. Behind Mary's left shoulder appears St. Thomas Aquinas with a book in his left hand and a sun in the palm of his right. Over her other shoulder stands a bishop saint wearing a mitre with his gloved hands clasped in prayer.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 953 x 1199
- File Size
- 127 KB
- Record
- 1992/1.134
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"Madonna and Child with St. Thomas Aquinas and a Bishop Saint; Artist Unknown, Umbria, Italy." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1992-sl-1.134/1992_1.134.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 30, 2024.