Madonna and Child, 1370s, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Overall, with engaged frame, 34 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. (87 x cm); painted

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Madonna and Child, 1370s, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Overall, with engaged frame, 34 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. (87 x cm); painted surface 27 x 16 7/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Paolo di Giovanni Fei (Italian, San Quirico, active by 1369–died 1411), This independent panel of the Madonna nursing her child is among the masterpieces of fourteenth-century Sienese painting. It transforms a common, maternal activity into an icon of devotion and is painted with Fei's special feeling for decorative richness and technical refinement

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Size: 3797px × 5578px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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