Cleveland Museum of Art
Virgin and Child Adored by Saints Mary Magdalene and Nicolas of Bari; Christ Crucified with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
Sano di Pietro
- Date
- 1400s
- Medium
- tempera and gold on wood
- Culture
- Italy, Siena
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The artist covered the sides and reverse of this panel with a thin layer of gesso (a type of plaster), allowing the texture of the rough wood to remain visible. He then painted it to resemble porphyry, a beautiful and valuable stone.
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