Sano di Pietro
Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Bernardino of Siena and Six Angels

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Artist Sano di Pietro(Italian (Sienese), 1405–1481)Italian (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)

Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection

Object number44.572

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Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

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PAINTING

ProvenanceNewman Collection, Florence; purchased by Percy S. Straus through [F. Mason Perkins (Straus's agent)] and [Henry Burton of Florence (seller's agent), April 1, 1925]; bequeathed to MFAH, 1944.
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"

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