Madonna and Child with the Dead Christ, Saints Agnes and Catherine of Alexandria, and Two Angels, Sano di Pietro, ca. 1470–80

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Madonna and Child with the Dead Christ, Saints Agnes and Catherine of Alexandria, and Two Angels, ca. 1470–80, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Main panel, overall, with engaged (modern) frame, 12 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. ( x cm), painted surface 10 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. ( x cm); predella, overall, with engaged (modern) frame, 3 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. ( x cm), painted surface 2 5/8 x 11 7/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio) (Italian, Siena 1405–1481 Siena), Sano’s active workshop was the principal source in Siena for devotional images of the Madonna and Child, invariably shown bust-length, accompanied by saints and angels. The saints on the base (predella) are Mary Magdalen, Francis, Jerome, and Margaret

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