Artist: Giovanni Da Milano
Date: 1365
Size: 69 x 144 cm
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States Of America)
Technique: Tempera
Although from Milan, Giovanni was primarily active in Florence, where the refined naturalism of his figures was influential to artists working in the decades after the Black Death (the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history). The lunette-shaped picture above this doorway was probably set into an arch above a tomb. It shows a deceased husband and wife welcomed into heaven by the Christ Child. Two realms overlap—the sacred and the temporal—making the illusionistic ledge, the disparity in figure scale, and the clasped hands resonate with meaning. Despite the painting’s overall condition, the head and right hand of the Madonna give a good idea of the subtlety of Giovanni’s talent.
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