
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
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Master Paintings Part I
February 6, 2025
Estimate: $800,000 – $1,200,000
Lot 337
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