Virgin and Child with Saints Sebastian and Catherine of Alexandria, ca. 1490 – 1500

Title

Virgin and Child with Saints Sebastian and Catherine of Alexandria

Painter

• Neroccio di Bartolomeo di Benedetto de' Landi workshop

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Poplar

Material

• wood

Technique

• mixed technique

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 in an exchange with the Frankfurt Verein für Geschichte und Alterthumskunde

Genre

• devotional image
• depiction of a saint

Main Motif

• depiction of the Virgin
• Mary
• Christ Child
• Saint Catherine of Alexandria
• Saint Sebastian
• woman
• child
• man
• group of people

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• Catherine of Alexandria (saint)
• Sebastian (saint)

Primary

• 11F611 'Sacra Conversazione'
• 11F4111 Mary standing (or half-length), the Christ-child in front of her, close to her bosom; standing
• 11F711 Christ-child making speaking or blessing gestures ~ Madonna-representations
• 11H(SEBASTIAN) the martyr Sebastian; possible attributes: arrow(s), bow, tree-trunk
• 11HH(CATHERINE) the virgin martyr Catherine of Alexandria; possible attributes: book, crown, emperor Maxentius, palm-branch, ring, sword, wheel