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Giovanni di Pietro, called Spagna — Madonna and Child in a Verdant Landscape
Giovanni di Pietro, called Spagna

Madonna and Child in a Verdant Landscape

This oil on panel by Giovanni di Pietro, known as Spagna, depicts the Virgin Mary and Christ Child set within an expansive, luminous landscape that reflects the artist's mastery of spatial recession and atmospheric perspective. The work exemplifies Northern Renaissance techniques combined with Italian artistic traditions, with the figures positioned prominently in the foreground while detailed architectural and natural elements recede into the distant background. The verdant setting and the tender interaction between mother and child create an intimate devotional image characteristic of early Renaissance panel painting.

Medium
oil on panel

🔨 Auction Lot

Master Paintings Part I

February 6, 2025

Estimate: $800,000$1,200,000

Lot 337

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Giovanni di Pietro, called Spagna, Madonna and Child in a Verdant Landscape

This oil on panel by Giovanni di Pietro, known as Spagna, depicts the Virgin Mary and Christ Child set within an expansive, luminous landscape that reflects the artist's mastery of spatial recession and atmospheric perspective. The work exemplifies Northern Renaissance techniques combined with Italian artistic traditions, with the figures positioned prominently in the foreground while detailed architectural and natural elements recede into the distant background. The verdant setting and the tender interaction between mother and child create an intimate devotional image characteristic of early Renaissance panel painting.

Medium
oil on panel
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Tempera On Panel, Verdant nature, Landscape Setting, Italian Artist, Religious Madonna and Child, Serene And Contemplative, Early Renaissance, Panel Painting, Devotional Imagery, 15th Century