Shown from the waist up, a woman and the baby she holds are surrounded by two gray-haired men and four blond angels in this vertical painting. They all have pale skin, gold halos, and brown or gray eyes. At the center of the painting, the woman, Mary, has almond-shaped eyes under thin, arched brows, a long nose, a small, coral-pink mouth, and a narrow chin. Her hair is covered by a long, off-white veil and a cobalt-blue mantle that drapes over her head and around her body. The neckline and cuffs of her rust-orange and gold robe peek out from under the mantle, which is bordered with a…
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Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome, Saint Bernardino, and Angels

Sano di Pietro (Sienese, 1405 - 1481)

c. 1460/1470

Medium
tempera on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 62.5 x 42 cm (24 5/8 x 16 9/16 in.) ; overall: 64.8 x 43.8 cm (25 1/2 x 17 1/4 in.)
Culture
Sienese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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