Madonna and Child by the Master of the Magdalen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2011

Madonna and Child

Master of the Magdalen (Italian, Florentine, active 1265–95)

Date: ca. 1280

Medium: Tempera on wood

Dimensions: Irregular, 29 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. (74.9 x 46.4 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Gift of Irma N. Straus, 1964

Accession Number: 64.189.1

Description:

The picture, one of the finest works by this contemporary of Cimabue (active 1272-1302), is a fragment of a large composition showing the Madonna and Child enthroned and dating from about 1280. That the head of the Madonna was salvaged is probably due to a special veneration for the image.

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