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Fragment of a Portable Triptych: Madonna and Child Enthroned with Donors

Artist Workshop of Taddeo Gaddi (Italian, active ca. 1320s–1366)
Title Fragment of a Portable Triptych: Madonna and Child Enthroned with Donors
Date Ca. 1330
Medium Tempera and gilding on panel
Dimensions Framed: 26 3/4 × 13 3/4 × 2 7/8 in. (67.9 × 34.9 × 7.3 cm)
Overall (height of backing): 27 x 13 3/4 in. (68.6 x 34.9 cm)
Support: 17 3/8 x 7 9/16 in. (44.1 x 19.2 cm)
Credit Line The Samuel H. Kress Study Collection, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 62.162

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Richly dressed in red, ermine-trimmed garments, two high-ranking donors, probably a married couple, kneel at the base of the much larger Madonna and Child in this panel, once part of a small altarpiece. Although not intended to be realistic, the sculptural quality of the figures foreshadows the naturalism of later Renaissance painting in Tuscany.


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