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| Keywords: Giovanni di Paolo - Virgin and Child with Saints - Walters 37554.jpg In this altarpiece its intact state rare for works from this period the enthroned Virgin Mary surrounded by angels holds up the Christ Child to be worshiped A monk probably the donor of the painting kneels below in prayer The central panel is flanked by two side panels depicting the bishop St Nicholas of Bari on the left and St Galganus on the right The latter is being instructed by the archangel Gabriel where to build his hermitage on Mount Siepi in central Italy and he thrusts his sword into the rock St Dominic above and St Bartholomew below are represented on the left panel and on the right panel is St Francis of Assisi above St John the Baptist In the three pinnacles Christ is framed by the archangel Gabriel and the Virgin of the Annunciation Rejecting the naturalism of contemporary Florentine painting Giovanni di Paolo worked in a late-Gothic style reminiscent of the great traditions of medieval painting Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 79 121-122 ca 1475 1480 Renaissance tempera and gold leaf on panel H 79 1/2 x W 77 9/16 x Max D 1 3/4 in 202 x 197 x 4 4 cm ; Min D cm 3 8 ; Central panel painted surface cm 136 5 54 7 ; Left panel painted surface cm 107 5 48 ; Right panel painted surface cm 106 5 48 5 ; Central pinnacle painted surface cm 42 8 26 ; Left pinnacle painted surface cm 41 23 ; Right pinnacle painted surface cm 41 5 23 accession number 37 554 14988 Compagnia del Santissimo Sacramento e Carità Frosini near Chiusdino province of Siena Banca Popolare e Cassa di Risparmio Genoa date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Sangiorgi Rome April 8-11 1895 lot 80 as School of Pistoia 15th century Private collection Paris date and mode of acquisition unkonwn B Berenson Settignano 1911 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore 1911 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 place of origin Siena Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Madonnas by Giovanni di Paolo Madonna and Child Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Paintings of Saint Nicholas Saint Galganus Kneeling in prayer in art | ||||
