Follower of Pietro Perugino, 'The Virgin and Child with Saints', perhaps about 1500-50
About the work
Overview
The Virgin Mary and Christ Child are seated on a wooden throne with steps, raising them above the other figures. To their right is Saint Dominic, who founded the Dominican Order in the twelfth century; on the other side is Saint Catherine of Siena, who was also a member of the Dominicans in the fourteenth century. Both hold lilies, the symbol of Saint Dominic, and wear the black-and-white Dominican habit (uniform). The kneeling figures in front of Saint Catherine are the donors – the people who commissioned the picture.
The artist who made this work painted in the style of the fifteenth-century Umbrian painter Perugino; he was probably working in the following century, rather than as a member of Perugino’s workshop. His figures lack a sense of three-dimensionality, but he has attempted to imitate the renowned ’sweetness' of Perugino’s figures which, like these, have softly rounded faces with delicate features.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- The Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Catherine of Siena, and Two Donors
- Artist
- Follower of Pietro Perugino
- Artist dates
- living 1469; died 1523
- Date made
- perhaps about 1500-50
- Medium and support
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 35.5 × 31.5 cm
- Acquisition credit
- Salting Bequest, 1910
- Inventory number
- NG2484
- Location
- Not on display
- Collection
- Main Collection
- Previous owners
Provenance
Additional information
Text extracted from the ‘Provenance’ section of the catalogue entry in Martin Davies, ‘National Gallery Catalogues: The Earlier Italian Schools’, London 1986; for further information, see the full catalogue entry.
Bibliography
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1951Davies, Martin, National Gallery Catalogues: The Earlier Italian Schools, London 1951
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1961M. Davies, The Earlier Italian Schools, 2nd edn, London 1961
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1986Davies, Martin, National Gallery Catalogues: The Earlier Italian Schools, revised edn, London 1986
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2001
C. Baker and T. Henry, The National Gallery: Complete Illustrated Catalogue, London 2001
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