Madonna and Child, St Catherine and the Blessed Stefano Maconi (c.1490). Ambrogio Bergognone (Italia
Madonna and Child, St Catherine and the Blessed Stefano Maconi (c.1490). Ambrogio Bergognone (Italian, c.1453-1523). Oil on panel. Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.In the gestures of the hands plucking at the air or touching things without grasping them (the Madonna’s carnation, St. Catherine’s crucifix), there is almost the ingenuousness of a miniature painter. The Virgin’s mantle swells up to support her prayer book. As a whole, the composition is complex and almost scholarly. -- source link
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