Madonna and Child

Pietro, Niccolò di (active 1394-1430)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1420
Height:
75.2 cm  (29 5/8 in.)
Width:
45.0 cm  (17 11/16 in.)
Frame dimensions: 92.3 x 58 x 6 cm.
Technique / Medium:
tempera on panel
School:
Italian

Additional titles

Virgin and Child enthroned with eight angels

    Item location

  • Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum
    [Museum inv. no.: 1916.491]

Description

Two angels playing fiddles with very long, narrow bodies, and very short necks.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
Jesus Christ

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Fiddle [3142] (2 angels playing fiddles.)

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Bowron,Edgar Peters. European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge : Harvard University Art Museums, 1990) 123, 296, cat. no. 537.

RIdIM record id

1220