A central panel showing a woman holding a baby is flanked by slightly smaller panels, which each show a man. All three adults are shown from the hips up in front of gold backgrounds and have pale skin and gold halos. Gilded molding creates a pointed arch over each man and over the woman and baby. Each panel also has a triangular top, and a person, tiny in relation to the main figures below, is tucked into each pointed tip. Those smaller figures also have gold halos and are shown from the hips up in front of gold backgrounds. In the center panel, the woman’s body is angled slightly to our…
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Madonna and Child with the Blessing Christ, and Saints Peter, James Major, Anthony Abbott, and a Deacon Saint [entire triptych]

painter Martino di Bartolomeo (Sienese, active 1393/1434)

c. 1415/1420

Medium
tempera on panel
Classification
Painting
Culture
Sienese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Gift of Samuel L. Fuller
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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