Madonna and Child, 1367

Dimensions: 117.8 x 86.2 x 1.4 cm

Physical Description: Mixed technique on poplar

Inventory Number: 807

Acquisition: Acquired in 1830

Status: On display, 2nd upper level, Old Masters, room 12

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About the Work

Signed and dated 1367, this panel is one of the earliest works by its maker, an artist active in Genoa. It initially formed the central panel of a multipartite altarpiece whose remaining sections have been lost. Its original location is unknown. As seen in the green underpainting of the flesh tones and the gilding of the Virgin’s robe, the artist was still following the Italo-Byzantine icon tradition. At the same time, his rendering of the tender intimacy between mother and child demonstrates his familiarity with the Sienese and Florentine painting of the time.

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Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Madonna and Child

Painter

Barnaba da Modena

Period Produced

14th century

School

Late Middle Ages

Object Type

painting (artwork)

Physical Description: Mixed technique on poplar

Material

poplar wood

Technique

mixed technique

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert und datiert am unteren Rand in Goldschrift auf schwarzem Grund: + barnabas de mutina pinxit. i[n i]anua. MCCCLXVII