ID: 700009209 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009209	Record Type: Movable Work
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Branchini Madonna (panel painting (painting by form); Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, 1403-1482); 1427; Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena, Los Angeles county, Californi...; F.1978.01.P)

Note: Giovanni di Paolo combines for us two pictorial types of the Virgin here: the Madonna of Humility, who sits on the ground, and the Virgin as Queen of Heaven, who wears a crown and an ermine cloak. Scattered throughout the picture are symbolic references to the Virgin and to Christ: thistles on Christ’s drapery allude to His Passion; pomegranates foretell the promise of the Resurrection; roses and marigolds refer to Mary; and cornflowers relate to Christ and heaven. This panel originally hung in the Branchini family chapel in the Church of San Domenico, Sienna.

Titles:

Branchini Madonna (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,N)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

panel painting (painting by form) [300033656] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by form>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1427

Creator Display:

Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, 1403-1482) [preferred]

painter Paolo, Giovanni di (Sienese painter, illuminator, active ca. 1420, died 1482) [500116438]

Locations:

Current: Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500310865] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: F.1978.01.P

Credit Line: The Norton Simon Foundation

Other: Creation: Siena [7011179] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera and gold leaf on panel

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	gold leaf [300264831]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, leaf (metal))

	panel (wood by form) [300014657]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)

Dimensions: 72 x 39 in. (182.9 x 99.1 cm)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Sienese

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	International Gothic [300020786] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European))

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Madonna and Child Enthroned [901001650]
	.....((Madonna and Child, Themes surrounding the Virgin Mary, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Copyright: © The Norton Simon Foundation

Provenance: Church of San Domenico, Siena, by 1427 (second altar on left of entrance); Convent of San Domenico, Siena, Refectory, by 1649. Galgano Saracini (d. 1824), Palazzo Saracini, Siena, by 1819, bequeathed to one of two sons; Marcantonio Saracini (1805-1848) or Alessandro Giulio Saracini (1807-1877), by inheritance to; Prince Chigi-Saracini, Siena, inventory no. 1263, sold c. 1922 to; Robert von Hirsch (1883-1977), Frankfurt and Basel (sale, London, Sotheby’s, 21 June 1978, lot 103); The Norton Simon Foundation.

Inscriptions: The artist has inscribed his own prayer around the Virgin’s halo: “Protect, O Virgin, the man who has painted thee.”

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Branchini Altarpiece

Sources and Contributors:
Branchini Madonna	........ [VP]
	........ Norton Simon Museum [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Norton Simon Museum [online] (2000-)