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Madonna and Child

Image credit: Royal Institution of Cornwall

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The Madonna and Child is a very traditional subject for artists, commissioned both by the Church as well as by private individuals. The use of oils on panel, rather than tempera as in Italy during this period, is a particularly Northern European development which gradually spread south to Italy. This Madonna and Child is set within a contemporary townscape to make the Biblical story more relevant to the viewer. The donor, Alfred de Pass (1861–1952), was a Cape Town-born businessman and philanthropist.

Royal Cornwall Museum

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Title

Madonna and Child

Date

late 15th C

Medium

oil & gold leaf on panel

Measurements

H 55.5 x W 41.5 cm

Accession number

TRURI : 1925.207

Acquisition method

gift from Alfred de Pass, 1925

Work type

Painting

Royal Cornwall Museum

River Street, Truro, Cornwall TR1 2SJ England

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