Triptych with the Virgin and Child, and Saints Mary Magdalene and Ansanus, Andrea di Cione named Orcagna, 1350

Title(s)

Triptych with the Virgin and Child, and Saints Mary Magdalene and Ansanus

Object type

• painting
• triptych

Object number

SK-C-1608

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘Sca. Maria Madale / Hoc opus fecit fieri Tommas Baronci anni MCCCL / Scs. Anusmas’
• inscription: ‘Ne desperetis vos qui peccar[e] soletis exemplo que meo vos re[parate deo].’

Description

Drieluik met Maria en kind en heiligen. Op het middenpaneel zit Maria met het Christuskind op de linkerknie, aan weerszijden een knielende engel met een vaas met bloemen. In het trilobium daarboven Christus, ten halven lijve, zegenend met een boek in de linkerhand. Op het linkerpaneel de staande heilige Maria Magdalena met zalfpot en banderol. Op het rechterpaneel de heilige Ansanus als jonge ridder met palmtak. Met geïntegreerde lijst.

Artist

• painter: Andrea di Cione named Orcagna

Place

Florence

Dating

1350

Physical features

tempera on panel

Material

• panel
• tempera

Measurements

height 146 cm × width 119.5 cm × thickness 8 cm
height 91 cm × width 47.5 cm
height 82.5 cm × width 30.5 cm
height 82 cm × width 24.5 cm

What

• Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in front of her, lying in her lap (or in front of her bosom), sometimes in Pietà-posture
• saints
• the penitent harlot Mary Magdalene; possible attributes: book (or scroll), crown, crown of thorns, crucifix, jar of ointment, mirror, musical instrument, palm-branch, rosary, scourge - specific aspects ~ female saint

Credit line

• On loan from the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Amersfoort

Acquisition

loan 1981

Copyright

Public domain

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