Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine and Saint Mary Magdalene explained

Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine and Saint Mary Magdalene
Artist:Giovanni Bellini
Year:circa 1490
Medium:oil on panel
Height Metric:58
Width Metric:107
City:Venice
Museum:Gallerie dell'Accademia

The Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine and Saint Mary Magdalene is an oil on panel painting by Giovanni Bellini, formerly in the Renier Collection in Venice and now in that city's Gallerie dell'Accademia. It dates to 1490, just after the Barbarigo Altarpiece and belongs to the popular sacra conversazione genre.[1] The painting is also referred to as Sacred Conversation.[2]

References

  1. Mariolina Olivari, Giovanni Bellini, in AA.VV., Pittori del Rinascimento, Scala, Firenze 2007.
  2. Web site: Sacred Conversation (detail 2) c. 1490 . Artchive.com . 27 April 2019.

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