Masterpiece (Artwork): Madonna and Child (whole and detail)

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Artist: Ambrogio Lorenzetti

“Ambrogio Lorenzetti or Ambruogio Laurati was an Italian painter of the Sienese school. He was active from approximately 1317 to 1348. He painted The Allegory of Good and Bad Government in the Sala dei Nove in Siena’s Palazzo Pubblico. His elder brother was the painter Pietro Lorenzetti.”

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Created: ca. 1320

Medium: Tempera on panel

Dimensions: 85 x 57 cm

Location: Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy

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“Even if the preservation conditions are not the best – the blue-lapis lazuli with which the Virgin’s mantle was painted hasn’t faded – the painting still retains the features of the style of Ambrogio Lorenzetti and the art school of Siena, from the 14th century.

The painting dates from the period of Lorenzetti’s artistic maturity. The three-dimensional characteristic of the characters is taken from Giotto. Against a golden background, the characters look at each other affectionately as if trying to communicate.

The artist gives up the rigid and severe style specific to Byzantine art, the Virgin Mary being strong and at the same time gentle.

The Virgin Mary wears a very beautiful cloak, embroidered and lined; on her arm she wears a purple cloth. The Infant Jesus is in diapers trying to reveal himself: he shakes his legs and manages to release a hand – he looks at his mother with tenderness and emotion.” (Text by Costanza-Lillyanne Essco )