Virgin and Child Enthroned between Saints Cecilia and Catherine of Alexandria
This miniature, signed on the bottom of the Virgin’s marble throne, is the only known illumination by Francesco Morone, son of the Veronese painter Domenico Morone. Like his father, in whose workshop he may have been trained, Francesco is known primarily as a painter of altarpieces and frescoes. Although executed on parchment, this work was not part of a manuscript but conceived as an independent devotional object. It is essentially a reduced version of the painted altarpieces produced by the artist for the principal churches in Verona and the surrounding region. In the background, a white-clad Olivetan monk is led to a walled complex by Saint Cecilia, wearing a green mantle, who is also shown standing in the position of honor to the Virgin’s right, wearing a crown of roses. The image may have been produced for a wealthy patron or a canon of the monastic school dedicated to the Virgin and Saint Cecilia that was attached to the important Olivetan Monastery of Santa Maria in Organo in Verona, for which Francesco executed several commissions.
Artwork Details
- Title: Virgin and Child Enthroned between Saints Cecilia and Catherine of Alexandria
- Artist: Francesco Morone (Italian, Verona 1471–1529 Verona)
- Date: ca. 1510–15
- Medium: Tempera on parchment; Underdrawing in sepia ink
- Dimensions: 7 15/16 x 6 1/16 in. (20.2 x 15.4cm)
- Classification: Manuscripts and Illuminations
- Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.1.2489
- Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection
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