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A painter and manuscript illuminator from Siena, Sano di Pietro directed a workshop producing devotional images. At the Metropolitan Museum, a Madonna and Child surrounded by saints, painted around 1465–1470, combines tempera with a gold ground; the Child holds a goldfinch. Another Madonna in the same museum, dating from about 1450, brings the faces of mother and son together in an affectionate gesture.
The National Gallery of Art in Washington preserves a composition of around 1460–1470 uniting the Virgin, Jerome, Bernardino and four angels. Here too, the figures appear against gold. The Royal Collection panel, with two saints and six angels, belongs to his workshop’s production without being securely attributed to his own hand. This distinction reflects the collective nature of that painting practice.
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Oil on wood
In der Art - Manner of
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2021-05-07
Published result : 1300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000
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tempera
Date to be documented
Published result : 18000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 10000
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