Madonna and Child Enthroned between Saint Francis and Saint Bernardino of Siena
Technical Details
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Title
Madonna and Child Enthroned between Saint Francis and Saint Bernardino of Siena -
Author
Montagna (Bartolomeo Cincani) -
Year
c. 1490 -
Dimensions
cm 215 x 166 -
Inventory
189 -
Room
VI
This painting comes from the church of San Biagio in Vicenza. It uses perspective ruthlessly, placing the Madonna and Child Enthroned and two saints, one of which is St. Bernardino, inside an architectural frame. San Bernardino Albizzeschi is a useful way of dating the Italian paintings of the fifteenth century as depictions almost always follow either his canonisation in 1450 or his death in 1444. We have no contemporary portrait of St. Francis, whereas St. Bernardino’s death mask was kept.