Madonna and Child with Saints
Luca Signorelli
Luca Signorelli was an Italian Renaissance painter who was noted in particular for his ability as a draftsman and his use of foreshortening.
Max Resolution:1199×1812 PX
Title:Madonna and Child with Saints
Artists:Luca Signorelli
Date:1519
Style:Early Renaissance
Genre:religious painting
Medium:tempera
Location:State Museum of Medieval and Modern Art, Arezzo, Italy
Dimensions:248×357 cm
Copyright:Public domain
The Madonna with Child and Saints is a painting by the Italian late Renaissance painter Luca Signorelli, executed around 1519-1523. It is housed in the Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant Angelo, Rome, Italy. The picture is a traditional Holy Conversation composition.
The painting was commissioned by the Brotherhood of St. Jerome in Arezzo for their seat. The work was executed in Cortona and was brought to Arezzo by the painter himself, who was then in his seventies (here, he resided in the Vasari family's house and met the young Giorgio Vasari, his future biographer, who started to practice painting after Signorelli's suggestion).
It is the last work by Signorelli, who died after returning to Cortona.
The painting was commissioned by the Brotherhood of St. Jerome in Arezzo for their seat. The work was executed in Cortona and was brought to Arezzo by the painter himself, who was then in his seventies (here, he resided in the Vasari family's house and met the young Giorgio Vasari, his future biographer, who started to practice painting after Signorelli's suggestion).
It is the last work by Signorelli, who died after returning to Cortona.