Carlo Crivelli Painting - Madonna And Child Enthroned by Carlo Crivelli

Madonna And Child Enthroned is a painting by Carlo Crivelli which was uploaded on February 14th, 2017.

Madonna And Child Enthroned

These three panels are from an altarpiece painted for a Dominican church in the Marchigian town of Ascoli Piceno. It is possible that the child was... more

by Carlo Crivelli

Canvas Print

$56

Framed Print

$74

Art Print

$12

Poster

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Metal Print

$61

Acrylic Print

$69

Wood Print

$40

Greeting Card

$4.00

iPhone Case

$22

Title

Madonna And Child Enthroned

Artist

Carlo Crivelli

Medium

Painting - Tempera On Wood, Gold Ground

Description

These three panels are from an altarpiece painted for a Dominican church in the Marchigian town of Ascoli Piceno. It is possible that the child was originally shown reaching for a flying bird, his frequent attribute. The cracked marble dais is a recurrent feature of Crivelli's work. On it are two pears, symbolic of the Fall of Man, and a fly, conceivably an emblem of Satan. Crivelli loved visual tricks, and the shadow cast by the fly gives a disturbingly realistic quality.Saint George (fourth century) is shown in contemporary, fifteenth-century armor with the dragon he slew. For a reconstruction of the altarpiece, see metmuseum.org/collections.

Uploaded

February 14th, 2017