Madonna and Child with Saints
$63.00
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- 380g/m² cotton canvas — certified museum quality
- Solid wood stretcher bar with 0.75” gallery wrap
- HD Giclée print — colour-true to the original
- Ready to hang — hanging hardware included
Madonna and Child with Saints, signed and dated 1454 by the Sienese master Giovanni di Paolo, survives as panels from a major altarpiece (polyptych) originally created to adorn a chapel belonging to the Augustinian order. Executed in tempera on wood with a luminous gold ground, the work exemplifies the enduring vitality of the International Gothic tradition in Siena even as the Renaissance transformed painting elsewhere in Italy.
Giovanni di Paolo's distinctive style — marked by expressive, almost visionary intensity, elongated figures, and a jewel-like richness of color — sets him apart from the more classicizing tendencies of his Florentine contemporaries. The gold ground elevates the sacred figures beyond earthly space, while the saints flanking the enthroned Madonna and Child serve as intercessors, reflecting the devotional function the altarpiece once served within its original chapel setting.
Held in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this museum-quality stretched canvas reproduction is printed on premium matte canvas and hand-wrapped around a solid 0.75-inch gallery wrap frame — ready to hang and built to last.
| Artist | Giovanni di Paolo |
| Year | 1454 |
| Medium | Tempera on wood, gold ground |
| Dimensions | Central panel 82 3/4 x 25 7/8 in. (210.2 x 65.7 cm) |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Movement | Renaissance |
