Standing Madonna with Child
Nardo di Cione
1350
- Medium
- Tempera on poplar panel
- Dimensions
- 32 1/2 x 13 1/8 in. (82.55 x 33.34 cm) (sight) 38 1/2 x 17 1/8 x 7/8 in. (97.79 x 43.5 x 2.22 cm) (panel)
- Genre
- Painting
Tags
Italy
About
During the bubonic plague of 1348, over half the population of Florence perished. This tragedy created a need for new types of religious images, like this Standing Madonna, designed to bring spiritual relief to the survivors.
![Saint Peter [left panel]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/19f544a4-cb58-4450-87d2-a4affa623869/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![Madonna and Child, with Saints Peter and John the Evangelist, and Man of Sorrows [entire triptych]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/a8576cf2-9196-4b68-b8cb-49b8d152133a/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![Saint John the Evangelist [right panel]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/da71f518-1b9e-4971-9c98-462b3cdce5f8/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![Madonna and Child, with the Man of Sorrows [middle panel]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/35bda0d1-9ca6-4fee-a339-8046cc6e198c/full/843,/0/default.jpg)