Madonna and Child, ca. 1470, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Overall 27 3/4 x 18 1/8 in. (70.5 x 46 cm); painted surface 24 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (61.6 x 37.5 cm), Paintings, Benvenuto di Giovanni (Italian, Siena 1436–after 1518 Siena), This resplendent and well-preserved panel portrays the Virgin handing the Christ Child a pomegranate, a symbol of the Resurrection. The painting may once have belonged by Pope Pius II Piccolomini, whose coat of arms is said to have formerly appeared on the back of the panel
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Madonna, Child, ca, 1470, Tempera, wood, gold ground, Overall 27 3/4 x 18 1/8, 70.5 46 cm, painted surface 24 1/4 14 3/4, 61.6 37.5, Paintings, Benvenuto di Giovanni, Italian, Siena, 1436–after, 1518, resplendent, well-preserved panel, portrays, Virgin handing, Christ Child, pomegranate, symbol, Resurrection, painting, Pope Pius, II, Piccolomini, coat, arms, said, formerly appeared, back, panel
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