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LIPPO MEMMI (FILIPPO DI MEMMO). Madonna and Child With Saints and Angels

Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels. Artist: Lippo Memmi (Filippo di Memmo) (Italian, Sienese, active by 1317-died 1356). Dimensions: Overall, with shaped top and engaged (partially modern) frame, 26 1/4 x 13 in. (66.7 x 33 cm); painted surface 19 3/4 x 10 1/8 in. (50.2 x 25.7 cm); predella 1 1/2 x 10 in. (3.8 x 25.4 cm). Date: ca. 1350. The Madonna and Child are flanked by diminutive figures of Saints John the Baptist and Francis of Assisi while the nine choirs of heavenly angels--as described by the fifth-century neo-platonic writer known as the Pseudo-Dionysius--ornament the pinnacle. Other saints are shown in an arcade. Lippo attains a refinement of execution equal to that of his famous brother-in-law Simone Martini. The panel formed a diptych with a Crucifixion (Musée du Louvre, Paris). Its frame is modern.
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Madonna and Child With Saints and Angels
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Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels. Artist: Lippo Memmi (Filippo di Memmo) (Italian, Sienese, active by 1317-died 1356). Dimensions: Overall, with shaped top and engaged (partially modern) frame, 26 1/4 x 13 in. (66.7 x 33 cm); painted surface 19 3/4 x 10 1/8 in. (50.2 x 25.7 cm); predella 1 1/2 x 10 in. (3.8 x 25.4 cm). Date: ca. 1350. The Madonna and Child are flanked by diminutive figures of Saints John the Baptist and Francis of Assisi while the nine choirs of heavenly angels--as described by the fifth-century neo-platonic writer known as the Pseudo-Dionysius--ornament the pinnacle. Other saints are shown in an arcade. Lippo attains a refinement of execution equal to that of his famous brother-in-law Simone Martini. The panel formed a diptych with a Crucifixion (Musée du Louvre, Paris). Its frame is modern.
Technique/material:
Tempera on wood, gold ground
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
2240 x 4426 px | 28.4 MB
Print size:
19.0 x 37.5 cm | 7.5 x 14.8 in (300 dpi)
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