Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, ca. 1475

Title

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints

Painter

• Neri di Bicci

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Late Middle Ages

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Poplar

Material

• poplar wood

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1865

Genre

• altarpiece
• depiction of a saint

Main Motif

• depiction of the Virgin
• Mary
• Christ Child
• Raphael (archangel)
• Tobias
• Bartholomew (apostle)
• Aurelius Augustinus
• Saint Monica
• Martha of Bethany
• woman
• child
• man
• group of people
• animal

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• Tobias
• Raphael (archangel)
• Bartholomew (apostle)
• Monica (saint)
• Aurelius Augustinus
• Martha of Bethany

Primary

• 11F611 'Sacra Conversazione'
• 11F4222 Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child sitting on her knee (Christ-child to Mary's left)
• 11F715 Christ-child holding something in his hand, e.g. apple, bird, cherries, crucifix, grapes, paper wind-mill ~ Madonna-representations
• 25G21(POMEGRANATE) fruits: pomegranate
• 11G185 the Archangel Raphael
• 71T51 the meeting of Tobias and the angel Raphael
• 11H(BARTHOLOMEW) the apostle Bartholomew; possible attributes: book, devil or dragon at feet, knife, scroll, flayed skin, staff
• 11H(AUGUSTINE) Augustine, bishop of Hippo; possible attributes: arrows piercing his breast, book, child with spoon, flaming heart, heart (pierced with arrows), pen
• 11HH(MONICA) the mother of Augustine, Monica of Tagaste (or Ostia); possible attributes: black dress with white veil or wimple, book, crucifix, rosary
• 11HH(MARTHA) the patroness of housewives, Martha of Bethany; possible attributes: aspergillum, broom, bunch of keys, dragon, ladle

Secondary

• 44B1212 throne