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| Keywords: Pietro Lorenzetti - Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels - Walters 37731 - Detail A.jpg This magnificent enthroned Virgin and Child with four saints and two angels originally formed the center of a folding triptych a three-part painting The delicate punch-work in the haloes costumes and borders is typical of Sienese panel painting and are effects derived from metalwork Pietro Lorenzetti excelled at investing his sacred pictures with human qualities such as the Christ Child's playful interaction with the bishop-saint on his right The twisting pose of the Christ Child and the forward-leaning postures of the angels behind the throne are the invention of this remarkable painter and introduce a powerful sense of three-dimensional space into the scene The varied burnishing and polishing techniques cause the gold background to react differently to light creating a sense of depth and movement and evoking the preciousness of shimmering metal For more information on this piece please see Zeri catalogue number 23 pp 39-41 ca 1340 1345 Medieval tempera and gold leaf on panel Panel H excluding added triangular wood at apex 15 1/16 x W 9 13/16 x D 3/8 in 38 3 x 25 x 1 cm ; Painted surface cm 36 5 21 5 accession number 37 731 6422 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1881 catalogue no 16 1897 catalogue no 21 as school of Giotto Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Siena Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Pietro Lorenzetti Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Madonna and Child | ||||
