Madonna and Child and Annunciation
Technical Details
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Title
Madonna and Child and Annunciation -
Author
Maestro del Crocifisso di Pesaro -
Year
c. 1390 -
Dimensions
cm 68 x 51 -
Inventory
605 -
Room
III
This anonymous artist is known chiefly for his Crucifixion in the Pesaro seminary. The figure of the Virgin in the centre of the composition is not enthroned but sits in a flowery meadow, echoing the theme of the Madonna of Humility. The monogram ‘TS’ repeated twice in gold on a red ground probably refers to the School of Silk Cloth Weavers in Venice which commissioned the picture, the school’s patronage suggested by the sophisticated damask mantle in the foreground.
