Artist
Sano di PietroItalian (Sienese), 1405–1481
CultureItalian (Sienese)
Titles
- Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Bernardino of Siena and Six Angels
Datec. 1460s
PlaceSiena, Italy
MediumTempera and gold leaf on panel
DimensionsPanel: 23 1/2 × 16 in. (59.7 × 40.6 cm)
Frame: 40 1/2 × 30 1/2 in. (102.9 × 77.5 cm)
Frame: 40 1/2 × 30 1/2 in. (102.9 × 77.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection
Object number44.572
Not on view
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Department
Arts of Europe and the MediterraneanSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Virgin and Child," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 22, 1993–January 31, 1994.
"Passion for Perfection: The Straus Collection of Renaissance Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 21, 2017–June 17, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
On halo of Madonna: AVE GRATIA PLENA do(M . . .)
On halo of Christ Child: . . . SVM VER . . .
On tablet of Saint Bernardino: YHS (in center); . . . INE GESU . . .
Below: . . . LECTAT . . .
On recto of frame, lower member: "AVE - MARIA - GRATIA - PA"
On halo of Christ Child: . . . SVM VER . . .
On tablet of Saint Bernardino: YHS (in center); . . . INE GESU . . .
Below: . . . LECTAT . . .
On recto of frame, lower member: "AVE - MARIA - GRATIA - PA"
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Unknown Italian
c. 1340–1350
Tempera and gold leaf on panel
44.566
Giovanni di Paolo
c. 1455–1460
Tempera and gold leaf on panel
44.571
Andrea di Bonaiuto (Andrea da Firenze)
Mid-1360s
Tempera and gold leaf on panel
44.556-.559
Andrea di Bonaiuto (Andrea da Firenze)
mid–1360s
Tempera and gold leaf on panel
44.556
Andrea di Bonaiuto (Andrea da Firenze)
mid–1360s
Tempera and gold leaf on panel
44.559
Andrea di Bonaiuto (Andrea da Firenze)
mid–1360s
Tempera and gold leaf on panel
44.558
Lorenzo Monaco
early 1420s
Tempera and gold leaf on panel
44.567.A-.C
