Three panels of an altarpiece are each filled by a woman shown from the hips up against a gold background. The central woman, Mary, also holds a baby. Narrow molding affixed to each panel comes to a rounded but pointed arch set under a sharp point at the top. The people all have pale skin tinged with green or gray, light brown eyes, and their heads are surrounded with disk-like halos. The women also have almond-shaped eyes, long, straight noses, and their bow-shaped lips are closed. In the center, Mary looks at the blond-haired baby she holds. Mary’s head and shoulders are covered by a…
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Madonna and Child with the Blessing Christ, and Saints Mary Magdalene and Catherine of Alexandria with Angels [entire triptych]

Pietro Lorenzetti (Sienese, active 1306 - 1345)

probably 1340

Medium
tempera on panel transferred to canvas
Classification
Painting
Culture
Sienese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Gift of Frieda Schiff Warburg in memory of her husband, Felix M. Warburg
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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