The Virgin and Child enthroned, with Saints John the Baptist and Lucy

Palmezzano, Marco (ca. 1460-1539)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1513
Height:
218.0 cm  (85 13/16 in.)
Width:
188.0 cm  (74 in.)
Technique / Medium:
tempera and oil on wood panel

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Ireland
    [Museum inv. no.: NGI. 117]

Description

The Virgin is enthroned in an architectural setting, holding Jesus and with a landscape in the background. The two saints stand on either side with an angel sitting in front below the Virgin's dias playing a large lute. The angel is gazing upward, her mouth slightly open, possibly singing praises to her own accompaniment.

People as subjects

Jesus Christ
St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394] (with nine strings, evenly spaced)

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Boydell, Barra. Music and paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin: The National Gallery of Ireland, 1985) 45, fig. 34, plate 7. ISBN 0903162229. RILM 1985-00222.

RIdIM record id

2594