Madonna and Child
The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
Catalogue
- Year
- 1505
- Medium
- Oil and gold on wood
- Dimensions
- 20 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. (51.4 x 47.6 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Luca Signorelli
Artist
Painting
Luca Signorelli was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cortona, in Tuscany, who was noted in particular for his ability as a draftsman and his use of foreshortening. His massive frescos of the Last Judgment (1499–1503) in Orvieto Cathedral are considered his masterpiece.
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Bust of a Youth Looking Upward [recto]
1500 · black chalk partially indented with a stylus on tan laid paper
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Two Nude Figures [verso]
1500 · black chalk on tan laid paper
Head of a Man in Profile
1490 · Black chalk, pen and brown ink, heightened with white.
The Marriage of the Virgin
1490 · tempera on panel
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Luca Signorelli
- Year
- 1505
- Medium
- Oil and gold on wood
- Dimensions
- 20 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. (51.4 x 47.6 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1505-320293
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified