Detail of the Virgin and Child Enthroned by Niccolo di Pietro Gerini in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 2010

Virgin and Child Enthroned
1404
Niccolò di Pietro Gerini, Italian (Florentine), active about 1366, died in 1414 or 1415

Dimensions: 146 x 70.5 cm (57 1/2 x 27 3/4 in.)

Medium or Technique: Tempera on panel

Classification: Paintings
Type: Religious - Saints; Arched

Accession Number: 16.64

Dated July 1404, this panel probably was the central section of a multiple-panel altarpiece, with the flanking panels depicting standing saints. The elegant robes and decorated throne underscore the Virgin's nobility, while her tender gaze at her son and the charming gesture of the infant clutching his mother's finger, arm around her neck, emphasize Jesus's humanity. The monumentality and solidity of the Virgin are typical of Florentine painting.

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