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Source Description
The head of a large workshop, Bernardo Daddi was one of the most prolific painters of 14th-century Florence. This work is the central panel of a polyptych, or multi-panel altarpiece, and would have been flanked by images of saints. The painter gave the Madonna and Child a physical, three-dimensional presence by making their fingers disappear behind the fabric of their clothing. Christ's right arm also extends behind the Virgin's left shoulder. The linear decoration cut into the haloes and the minimal use of punch-work in the gold ground is typical of Florentine painting of this period.For more information on this piece, please see Zeri catalogue number 4, pp. 8-9.
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Document identity
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38112
label
Madonna and Child
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obj
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drawing
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2
Source metadata
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38112
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Madonna and Child
description
The head of a large workshop, Bernardo Daddi was one of the most prolific painters of 14th-century Florence. This work is the central panel of a polyptych, or multi-panel altarpiece, and would have been flanked by images of saints. The painter gave the Madonna and Child a physical, three-dimensional presence by making their fingers disappear behind the fabric of their clothing. Christ's right arm also extends behind the Virgin's left shoulder. The linear decoration cut into the haloes and the minimal use of punch-work in the gold ground is typical of Florentine painting of this period.For more information on this piece, please see Zeri catalogue number 4, pp. 8-9.
provenance
Bernard Berenson [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1345-1349 (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
polyptychs
paintings
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2
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2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
68.8
height
46.8
dimensionsRaw
Surviving painted and gilded surface H: 27 1/16 x W: 18 7/16 in. (68.8 x 46.8 cm); Surviving original panel H: 27 5/16 x W: 18 7/16 x D: 13/16 in. (69.3 x 46.8 x 2 cm); Framed H: 34 13/16 × W: 22 1/16 × D: 1 3/8 in. (88.5 × 56 × 3.5 cm)
style
Gothic
Source extras
cul
Medieval European
med
tempera and gold leaf on panel
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15775
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MED
exhibition_ids
335
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