The ''Madonna with Child and Saints'' is a

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by the

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late

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painter

Luca Signorelli Luca Signorelli ( – 16 October 1523) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cortona, in Tuscany, who was noted in particular for his ability as a draftsman and his use of foreshortening. His massive frescos of the ''Last Judgment'' (1499–15 ...

, executed around 1519–1523. It is housed in the , in

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. The picture is a traditional

Holy Conversation In art, a (; plural: ''sacre conversazioni''), meaning "holy (or sacred) conversation", is a genre developed in Italian Renaissance painting, with a depiction of the Virgin and Child (the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus) amidst a group of sain ...

composition.

History

The painting was commissioned by the Brotherhood of St. Jerome in

for their seat. The work was executed in

Cortona Cortona (, ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Arezzo, in Tuscany, Italy. It is the main cultural and artistic centre of the Val di Chiana after Arezzo. Toponymy Cortona is derived from Latin Cortōna, and from Etruscan language, Etr ...

and was brought to Arezzo by the painter himself, who was then in his seventies (here, he resided in the Vasari family's house and met the young

Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer who is best known for his work ''Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects'', considered the ideol ...

, his future biographer, who started to practice painting after Signorelli's suggestion). It is the last work by Signorelli, who died after returning to Cortona.

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Madonna and Child with Saints 1510s paintings 1520s paintings 16th-century paintings Angels in art Paintings of the Madonna and Child by Luca Signorelli