Madonna and Child

The attribution of this damaged but compelling picture—a work of unusual expressive intensity—has puzzled scholars. It may be by a Paduan follower of Giotto and was perhaps painted about 1310–15—not long after Giotto completed his celebrated fresco cycle in the Arena Chapel, Padua. The painter has tentatively been associated with a cycle of frescoes in the chapter house of the great abbey of Pomposa, near Ferrara. The panel has been cut on all sides.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Madonna and Child
  • Artist: Italian (Florentine or Paduan) Painter (Cheyo da Firenze?) (ca. 1307–17)
  • Medium: Tempera on wood, gold ground
  • Dimensions: 24 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (61.5 x 41.9 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Robert Lehman, 1947
  • Object Number: 47.143
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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