Harvard Art Museums > 1965.2: The Virgin and Child with Angels Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Virgin and Child with Angels (Taddeo di Bartolo) , 1965.2,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/228017. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Gallery Text This innovative late work by the Sienese painter Taddeo di Bartolo has been identified with an altar painting formerly in the Church of San Domenico in the Umbrian town of Gubbio. Unusually, it is signed in the row of golden quatrefoils at the base: “Taddeo of Siena painted this work in 1418.” Although at first glance it looks as though the central figures are enthroned, they are in a nest of red, flame-like seraphim, angels whose fiery appearance was believed to inspire divine love. Kneeling on a bed of lush vegetation below, a chorus of eight angels forms a garland at the Virgin’s feet. They lift a scroll displaying the Regina Coeli, an ancient Marian hymn sung at vespers and during the celebration of Easter. This prayer was especially popular with the mendicant orders. Identification and Creation Object Number 1965.2 People Taddeo di Bartolo, Italian (c. 1362/3 - 1422) Title The Virgin and Child with Angels Other Titles Alternate Title: Madonna of Humility Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1418 Culture Italian, Tuscan, Sienese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/228017 Location Location Level 2, Room 2500, European Art, 13th–16th century, Art and Image in Europe View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Tempera and gold on panel Dimensions 175.5 x 88.7 cm (69 1/8 x 34 15/16 in.) framed: 195 x 102.2 x 8.6 cm (76 3/4 x 40 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: in quatrefoils below angels: Tadeus de Senis pinxit hoc opus 1418 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes in memory of his mother, Edith Emerson Forbes Accession Year 1965 Object Number 1965.2 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Joseph Breck, "Notizie Intorno al Dipinti Italiani nel Fogg Museum", Rassegna d'Arte (October 1909), pp. 169-172, p. 169, repr. Edward Waldo Forbes, Yankee Visionary, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1971), p. 28, repr. in b/w p. 29 Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1972), p. 194 Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990) Gabriele Fattorini, "Gentile da Fabriano, Jacopo della Quercia and Siena: the 'Madonna dei banchetti'", Burlington Magazine (March 2010), CLII, pp. 152-161; repr. b/w p. 155 Sarah Kraaz, "Music for the Queen of Heaven in Early Fifteenth-Century Italian Paintings", Music in Art (academic journal, New York) (2014), vol. 39, no. 1-2, pp. 87-98 Exhibition History Edward Waldo Forbes: Yankee Visionary, Fogg Art Museum, 01/16/1971 - 02/22/1971 32Q: 2500 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
