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Enthroned Madonna and Child with Saints Paul and Francis (Antoniazzo)

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The painting follows a typical arrangement. The virgin sits on a decorative cloth laid on a pink stone throne, decorated with garlands and flower motif. The pale Virgin Mary wears a dark cloak over her brown dress; above her head is suspended a crown. She holds the child Jesus, who stands on her
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Francis with his long crucifix on her left. The grouping of these two saints is not common. St Paul, dressed in finery, militantly holds his gospel almost like a shield, and gazes forward sternly. St Francis, in his simple garb, gingerly hold his gospel close, gazing upward meditatively.
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order, which had a number monasteries in the area. The friars did not change the dedication of the church, but enlarged and refurbished the decoration. This painting was one of the main works produced in this effort, and up to 1898 was the main altarpiece for the church.
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and dated 1487 in the lower register. Some two decades later it was discovered by the art historian Diego Angeli, under a pile of garbage in the convent of San Paolo. By 1898,
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knee, blessing the onlooker with two fingers. Alongside and in front of Virgin stand the two saints: Paul with a sword on her right and the
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Indice-guida dei monumenti pagani e cristiani riguardanti l'istoria e l'arte esistenti nella provincia dell'Umbria
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monastery. In the 20th century, it was requisitioned and restored at the request of the art historian
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had the Sovrintendenza alle Bella Arti requisition the work for restoration and display.
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166 cm × 165 cm (65 in × 65 in)
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Bollettino della Regia Deputazione di storia patria per l'Umbria
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Since the 13th century, the monastery of San Paolo had been a
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Enthroned Madonna and Child with Saints Paul and Francis
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This article about a fifteenth-century painting is a
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Antoniazzo Romano
Antoniazzo Romano
San Paolo
Franciscan
Adolfo Venturi
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
Palazzo Barberini
Rome
Benedictine
Abbey of Farfa
Franciscan
Umbria
Adolfo Venturi
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Indice-guida dei monumenti pagani e cristiani riguardanti l'istoria e l'arte esistenti nella provincia dell'Umbria
Bollettino della Regia Deputazione di storia patria per l'Umbria
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1487 paintings
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Paintings of the Madonna and Child
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