Madonna and Child with Two Angels

1480-1490 (Renaissance)

41.2 cm 62.2 cm 2.5 cm

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The Virgin Mary was considered protector of the city of Siena thanks to the local tradition that—by means of divine intervention—she helped the city secure its independence from its rival, Florence, in a battle that took place in 1260. Intimately-scaled images of the Madonna a...

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Palmieri-Nuti Family, Palazzo Palmieri-Nuti, Siena, 1900 until 1911 [mode of acquisition unknown]; A. S. Drey, Munich and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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