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| Keywords: Master of the Panzano Triptych - Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints - Walters 37728.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Master of the Panzano Triptych Folding triptychs like this were used for private devotion The enthroned Madonna and Child are flanked by left to right Sts Nicholas Bartholomew Catherine of Alexandria Anthony Abbot Francis and Lucy This composition uses the metaphor of a queen surrounded by her courtiers to depict the Virgin in her role as the Queen of Heaven The painter simulated the gold embroidered cloth of the Virgin's throne by scratching away the white paint to reveal the underlying gold leaf which has been pricked to enhance its reflectivity Because few artists during this period signed their works scholars sometimes identify them by their most impressive painting Here this anonymous master is known for an altarpiece he created for a church in Panzano Tuscany Italy For more information on this piece please see Zeri catalogue number 27 pp 46-47 ca 1380 1400 Medieval tempera tooled gold panel cm 50 5 49 5 1 9 ; <br>Central panel painted surface cm 50 5 24 7 ; <br>Left wing painted surface cm 47 5 12 3 ; <br>Right wing painted surface cm 47 5 12 accession number 37 728 8187 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1897 catalogue no 64 as School of Siena early 15th century Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Transcription On the scroll held by the angel SPIRITVS SCS SVPRA VOS; Translation The Holy Ghost be above you; Transcription On the cross I N R I The International Style The Arts in Europe Around 1400 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1962 place of origin Siena Italy Walters Art Museum license 3D Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Master of the Panzano Triptych Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Madonna and Child | ||||
