Madonna and Child with saints

Girolamo dai Libri (ca. 1474-1555)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1520

Height:

398.8 cm  (157 in.)

Width:

207.0 cm  (81 1/2 in.)

Technique / Medium:

tempera and oil on canvas

Description

In a landscape in the center Madonna holding the Child Jesus; at the Madonna's feet three angels, one of them (left) playing vihuela da mano, right hand plucking the strings (eleven pegs, but no strings depicted), left hand on the fingerboard; the second angel (middle) is singing from music (not visible); on each side of the image two saints standing: on the left side: St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Leonard, who wears the dalmatic of a deacon with representations of St. John the Baptist and St. Jerome; on the right side: St. Augustine, on whose cope are shown St. Veronica, St. Anthony Abbot, five unidentifiable figures, and St. Apollonia.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
Jesus Christ
St. Catherine of Alexandria (ca. 282-ca. 305)
St. Leonard (died 559)
St. John the Baptist
St. Jerome (ca. 342-420)
St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (354-430)
St. Veronica (1st century)
St. Anthony of Egypt (ca. 250-355 or 356)
St. Apollonia

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Vihuela [3252]

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3720