Virgin with the Child, saints, angels and a donor

Master of Crea (active late 15th century)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1486
Height:
199.0 cm  (78 3/8 in.)
Width:
160.0 cm  (63 in.)
Depth:
21.5 cm  (8 7/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
tempera on wood
Place of creation:
Piemonte (Italia)
School:
Piedmontese School

Additional titles

Polittico di Marco Scarognino

    Item location

  • Pinacoteca di Varallo
    [Museum inv. no.: 1014]Originally in the Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie di Varallo; in the Pinacoteca since 1878

Description

In the central board, the Virgin on a throne with the Child and four angels (two of them playing rebec and lute); in the side wings, the saints John the Baptist and Francis with the donor;
in the cyma, the Annunciation, the Pietà and God the Father.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
Jesus Christ
St. John the Baptist
St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Rebec [3202]
Lute [3394]

Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. "Gandolfino, Macrino, e Defendente nelle sacre conversazioni piemontesi tra la fine del Quattrocento e l'inizio del Cinquecento", Nuova Rivista Musicale Italiana 29/2 (1995) 286-296. RILM 1996-7204.

RIdIM record id

3071