Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels, ca. 1350, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Overall, with shaped top and engaged (partially modern) frame, 26 1/4 x 13 in. (66.7 x 33 cm); painted surface 19 3/4 x 10 1/8 in. (50.2 x 25.7 cm); predella 1 1/2 x 10 in. (3.8 x 25.4 cm), Paintings, Lippo Memmi (Filippo di Memmo) (Italian, Sienese, active by 1317–died 1356), This panel formed a diptych with a Crucifixion. The Madonna and Child are flanked by diminutive figures of Saints John the Baptist and Francis of Assisi while the nine choirs of heavenly angels—as described by the fifth-century neo-platonic writer known as the Pseudo-Dionysius—ornament the pinnacle
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Madonna, Child, Saints, Angels, ca, 1350, Tempera, wood, gold ground, Overall, shaped top, engaged, partially modern, frame, 26 1/4 x 13, 66.7 33 cm, painted surface 19 3/4 10 1/8, 50.2 25.7, predella 1 1/2 10, 3.8 25.4, Paintings, Lippo Memmi, Filippo di Memmo, Italian, Sienese, active by, 1317–died, 1356, panel, formed, diptych, Crucifixion, flanked, diminutive figures, Saints John, Baptist, Francis, Assisi, nine choirs, heavenly angels—, described, fifth-century neo-platonic, writer, Pseudo-Dionysius—ornament, pinnacle
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