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Christ and the Virgin Enthroned with Forty Saints

c. 1340

Master of the Dominican Effigies

Associated Names

Master of the Dominican Effigies

Artist, Florentine, active c. 1328 - 1350

This is a painting of a religious scene featuring numerous figures. The central panel of the artwork is filled with a group of figures wearing halos and vibrant robes. At the top of the painting, two figures are seated on thrones with symbols surrounding them. The image is framed with a border of circular portraits and decorative elements, including angels and celestial motifs. Gold is used to highlight areas, enhancing its theme. The style is reminiscent of an illuminated manuscript, common in medieval religious art.

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Artwork overview

Medium

miniature on vellum
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

overall: 40.9 x 31.1 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

1959.16.2
Catalogue Raisonné

NGA Miniatures 1975, no. 8
Series Title

Leaf from a Choir Book (Laudario)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

Italian panels & manuscripts from the thirteenth & fourteenth centuries in honor of Richard Offner, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, 1965, no. 81, repro.

1967

Friends Collect, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, 1967.

1975

Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1975, no. 8, repro.

1994

Painting and Illumination in Early Renaissance Florence 1300-1450, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1994-1995, no. 4L (incorrectly labelled as 1950.1.8).

2009

Heaven on Earth: Manuscript Illuminations from the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 2009.

2012

Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance: Painting and Illumination, 1300-1350, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 2012 - 2013.

Bibliography

1975

National Gallery of Art. Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1975: no. 8.

Wikidata ID

Q64608180

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