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| Keywords: Bernardo Daddi - Madonna and Child - Walters 37553.jpg The head of a large workshop Bernardo Daddi was one of the most prolific painters of 14th-century Florence This work is the central panel of a polyptych or multi-panel altarpiece and would have been flanked by images of saints The painter gave the Madonna and Child a physical three-dimensional presence by making their fingers disappear behind the fabric of their clothing Christ's right arm also extends behind the Virgin's left shoulder The linear decoration cut into the haloes and the minimal use of punch-work in the gold ground is typical of Florentine painting of this period For more information on this piece please see Zeri catalogue number 4 pp 8-9 between 1345 1349 Medieval tempera and gold leaf on panel Surviving painted and gilded surface cm 68 8 46 8 ; Surviving original panel cm 69 3 46 8 2 accession number 37 553 38112 Bernard Berenson date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 An Exhibition of the Treasures of The Walters Art Gallery The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Pace Wildenstein Gallery New York; Smith College Museum of Art Northampton 1967 place of origin Florence Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Paintings by Bernardo Daddi Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Madonna and Child Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
