Santa Francesca Romana Clothed by the Virgin
The Met
Artist: Antonio del Massaro da Viterbo(Italian, ca. 1450–ca. 1516)
Date: ca. 1445
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Tempera on wood, gold ground
Dimensions: 21 3/4 × 14 7/8 in. (55.2 × 37.8 cm) Framed: 26 1/8 × 19 1/4 in. (66.4 × 48.9 cm)
Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Visual Descriptions
AI GeneratedVisual Summary
Brief Description
Multi-scene painting: crowned woman and child, figures receiving garments, winged figure weaving
Detailed Description
The painting is vertically oriented and divided into two main registers, with a shimmering golden background dominating the upper half. In the top center, a crowned figure, likely a woman, with a golden halo, emerges from a golden cloud, holding a small child, also with a halo. To the left, a bearded man in a red tunic and blue cloak, with a golden halo, stands on a dark cloud, extending his hand towards a kneeling figure in white robes. A kneeling figure in white robes receives a long, striped garment, which the child holds. Behind them, a cluster of red, winged heads with halos are visible. On the right, another figure in a red cloak and white head covering, with a golden halo, stands on a dark cloud, holding a white garment. This garment is being distributed to a large group of figures below. Behind this figure, several blue-winged figures with halos are depicted. Below the clouds, a dense group of figures, mostly visible from the waist up, are arranged in rows, all wearing white robes and white head coverings, many with outstretched hands, appearing to receive the white garments. The lower register depicts an interior scene with a brown building on the left. Inside, a winged figure with large white wings and a golden halo operates a dark wooden loom, weaving a red fabric. On the reddish-brown floor in the foreground, a dark cat walks left, and a small brown dog runs right. A dark, grid-like object rests between the animals and the loom. On the right side of the lower register, a bearded man in a white robe, with a golden halo, stands facing the group of white-robed figures, extending his right hand towards them. The group of white-robed figures continues from the upper register, filling the right side of the lower register.
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