Madonna and Child, 1370s, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Overall, with engaged frame, 34 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. (87 x 59.1 cm); painted surface 27 x 16 7/8 in. (68.6 x 42.9 cm), Paintings, Paolo di Giovanni Fei (Italian, San Quirico, active by 1369–died 1411), This independent panel of the Madonna nursing her child is among the masterpieces of fourteenth-century Sienese painting. It transforms a common, maternal activity into an icon of devotion and is painted with Fei's special feeling for decorative richness and technical refinement
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Madonna, Child, 1370s, Tempera, wood, gold ground, Overall, engaged frame, 34 1/4 x 23 1/4, 87 59.1 cm, painted surface 27 16 7/8, 68.6 42.9, Paintings, Paolo di Giovanni Fei, Italian, San Quirico, active by, 1369–died, 1411, independent, panel, Madonna nursing, child, masterpieces, fourteenth-century Sienese, painting, transforms, common, maternal activity, icon, devotion, painted, Fei, special feeling, decorative richness, technical refinement
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