By Grace Acquilano '22
The painting was completed by an anonymous Italian artist who goes by the pseudonym “Master of the Saints Cosmas and Damian Madonna.” It is possible that the painter of this piece worked with other famous northern Italian artists such Florentine, Giotto di Bondone (1266/76-1337), Roman, Pietro Cavallini (1240-1330), and Sienese, Duccio di Buoninsegna (1278-1318). These three Northern Italian artists helped shape the Italo-Byzantine style.
In particular, the Master of Saints Cosmas and Damian Madonna is similar to the well-known artist Duccioo. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Duccio “brought a lyrical expressiveness and intense spiritual gravity to the Italo-Byzantine tradition” and “bridged the gap between the spiritual world of the figures and the real world of the viewer.” This description of Duccio’s work may be applied to the artist of this painting.
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The Virgin and Child (HUAM 1926.41)
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The position of Mary in the tomb, self-portrait detail. Duccio, 1308 - 1311, wood and tempera. via WikiArt
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Master of the Saints Cosmas and Damian Madonna, Virgin and Child, Tuscany or Pisa (Italy), 1260-85. Tempera on wood (64.5 x 44.2 x 3.5 cm). Cambridge, MA, Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, 1926.41. Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College.
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"The Virgin and Child" was produced in either Pisa or Tuscany, Italy
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Langhe vineyards sunset panorama, Grinzane Cavour, Unesco Site, Piedmont, Northern Italy Europe.
