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The San Marco Altarpiece (also known as Madonna and Saints) is a painting by the Italian early Renaissance painter Fra Angelico, housed in the San Marco Museum of Florence, Italy. It was commissioned by Cosimo de' Medici the Elder , and was completed sometime between 1438 and 1443.
The polychrome floor, and the architecture, including the base of the Madonna's throne, is depicted with the use of geometrical perspective, an innovation introduced in Italian early Renaissance art. [2] The saints portrayed are St John the Baptist and St Zenobius (patron saints of Florence), St Lucy (titular of the church where the painting ...
Painted during Raphael's Roman period, it is a testament to his artistic maturity, evidenced in the painting's composition, coloring and form. [4] Conti commissioned the painting to commemorate his survival of a shell that exploded near him during the Siege of Foligno, his hometown. He credited his safety to heavenly intervention.
The painting shows an uncommon subject, with the Virgin holding the Child who writes on a book, an allusion to his intervention in the Holy Books. On the right is Saint Jerome, recognizable by his cardinal dress, leaving a book on the marble throne where the Madonna sits: in this case this is one of his traditional attributes of knowledge.
Jacopo della Quercia, Italian Renaissance sculptor of altarpieces, statues of saints, and statues of Mother Mary [457] [458] Diego Quispe Tito, Cuzco School painter of Virgin of Carmel Saving Souls in Purgatory and scenes of Christ [459] [460] Ignác Raab, Czech Jesuit who did notable paintings of saints [461] [462]
In the words of Marcio Doctors, the Renaissance Madonnas mark "the Renaissance spirit which it characterizes: faith in mankind, as subjectivity, placing it in the center of the world. Both the Renaissance and the maternal love embrace the man in the same way when they make the world revolve around him".
These representations are usually of a small size suitable for a small altar or domestic use. They usually show Mary holding the infant Jesus in an informal and maternal manner. These paintings often include symbolic reference to the Passion of Christ. The "Adoring Madonna" is a type popular during the Renaissance.
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints from San Michele (c. 1497-1499) His first known documented commission was for two paintings for the Scuola Grande di San Marco in Venice. The paintings were contracted to depict the Deluge (flood myth) and another scene from Genesis, however their final status is unknown as they were destroyed in a fire ...