Madonna and Child with St. Justus of Volterra and St. Margaret of Antioch.
1507
51.58
Not currently on view
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63-1/2 x 61 in. (panel)
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Gift of Mrs. Booth Tarkington in memory of her husband
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European Painting and Sculpture Before 1800
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In this perfectly balanced work, the Virgin and Child are framed by the Renaissance architecture of a marble throne and flanked by the standing figures of saints. The devotional focus on the Virgin Mary is concentrated by the spare formality of the composition. Her frontal pose and outward gaze are captioned by the opening words of a familiar prayer, prominently inscribed on the base of her throne: AVE GRATIA PLENA (Hail Full of Grace).
The artist, Sebastiano Mainardi, received his training in the late 1470s in the thriving Florentine workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio. Mainardi’s conservative style, derived from Ghirlandaio, is characterized by its formal sobriety, iconographic clarity, and compositional symmetry. Signed and dated in 1507, the Indianapolis altarpiece is considered a major work of Mainardi’s late period.
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