Virgin and Child with a Papal Saint and Saint Dominic

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Maker

Attributed to

1420-1497
Formerly attributed to
Domenico di Michelino
1417-1491

Title

Virgin and Child with a Papal Saint and Saint Dominic

Date of Production

c. 1430-5

Medium

tempera on panel

Dimensions

Height: 16.4 cm (panel)
Width: 10.9 cm (panel)

Object Number

P.1978.PG.11

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Label Text

The Virgin Mary and Christ Child sit on a wide throne and are surrounded by two saints: an unidentified pope and Saint Dominic, who holds a book and a lily. Seemingly plucked from the floral background, the pure white lily symbolises Dominic’s chastity.

Evidence of a hinge - now concealed by the frame - suggests that this work was once the left panel of a folding diptych, or pair of paintings. Its size meant it could travel with its owner, who would have opened it like a book when praying.

Provenance

Princes Gate Bequest 1978

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