This altarpiece is made up of three panels, with a woman and baby sitting on a throne surrounded by winged angels at the center and flanked by a panel to either side that each shows two people standing under pointed arches. The background across all the panels is gold, and the top of each panel comes to a triangular point above. Spiraling columns frame and separate the sections. The people and angels have pale or deeply tanned skin, and wear robes in silvery-white, pale pink, celery green, crimson red, or pale yellow. They all have plate-like halos, which overlap for some of the angels…
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Madonna and Child with Saints Andrew, Benedict, Bernard, and Catherine of Alexandria with Angels [entire triptych]

painter Agnolo Gaddi (Florentine, c. 1350 - 1396)

shortly before 1387

Medium
tempera on poplar panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
left panel (overall): 197 × 80 cm (77 9/16 × 31 1/2 in.) ; middle panel (overall): 204 × 80 cm (80 5/16 × 31 1/2 in.) ; right panel (overall): 194.6 × 80 cm (76 5/8 × 31 1/2 in.)
Culture
Florentine
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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