Madonna and Child with Saints
by ANTONIO DA FIRENZE, Tempera on wood, 151 x 85 cm
The picture shows one side of a panel painted on both sides. The other side represents the Crucifixion with Mary and St John the Evangelist. The inscription at the foot of the throne can be read as “Antonius. De Florentia”. It is assumed that the painter was Antonio di Jacopo whose name can be found on the list of the members of the painters’ guild from 1415.
The double-sided work was meant to be carried in religious processions.