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Title

Madonna and Child with St. Thomas Aquinas and a Bishop Saint

Artist

Artist Unknown, Umbria, Italy

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]").

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

1440-1480

Accession Number

1992/1.134

Medium and Support

tempera and gold on panel

relevance

rank 24.97329

Primary Keywords

altarpieces

christianity

early renaissance

tempera

umbria (region)

Title

Processional cross with triumphant Christ (Christus triumphans) flanked by busts of the evangelists, Saints Matthew, John, Mark, and Luke (obverse); and suffering Christ (Christus patiens) flanked by busts of the Virgin Mary, God the father, Saint John and unidentified male saint with cross (Saint Philip?) (reverse)

Artist

Neri di Bicci

Physical Description

The arms of the cross end in quatrefoil-shaped terminals. The front (obverse) is gilded and features a molding along the edges. The back (reverse) has a deep azurite blue ground and a gilded band punched with tiny rosettes that runs along the border.

Artist Life Dates

1418-1492

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1475

Accession Number

1942.6

Medium and Support

tempera and gold on wood

relevance

rank 23.95352

Primary Keywords

cross (object)

crucifixions

early renaissance

florence (inhabited place)

panel paintings

processions